Stroke Patient Outcomes in US Hospitals Before the Start of the Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Certification Program | Zendy

Judith H. Lichtman | Zendy; Norrina B. Allen | Zendy; Yun Wang | Zendy; Emi Watanabe | Zendy; Sara B. Jones | Zendy; Larry B. Goldstein | Zendy

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Stroke Patient Outcomes in US Hospitals Before the Start of the Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Certification Program

Author(s) -

Judith H. Lichtman,

Norrina B. Allen,

Yun Wang,

Emi Watanabe,

Sara B. Jones,

Larry B. Goldstein

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.561472

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , logistic regression , emergency medicine , hazard ratio , certification , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , political science , law , engineering

The Joint Commission (JC) began certifying Primary Stroke Centers in November 2003. Cross-sectional studies assessing the impact of certification could be biased if these centers had better outcomes before the start of the program. We determined whether hospitals certified within the first years of the JC program had better outcomes than noncertified hospitals before the start of the certification program.

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