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Off-Hours Admission and Acute Stroke Care Quality

Author(s) -

Nina Sahlertz Kristiansen,

Jan Mainz,

Bente Mertz Nørgård,

Paul Bartels,

Grethe Andersen,

Søren Paaske Johnsen

Publication year - 2014

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.114.005535

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , logistic regression , odds , evening , population , emergency medicine , cohort study , case fatality rate , epidemiology , mechanical engineering , physics , environmental health , astronomy , engineering

Studies have reported higher risks of death and other adverse outcomes in acute stroke patients admitted off-hours; however, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. According to time of admission, our aim was to examine compliance with performance measures for acute stroke care processes, including the effect of a systematic quality improvement program, and to examine 30 days case-fatality.

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