%0 Journal Article %1 Asplund2003 %A Asplund, Kjell %A Asberg, Kerstin Hulter %A Norrving, Bo %A Stegmayr, Birgitta %A Terént, Andreas %A Wester, Per-Olov %A Collaboration, Riks-Stroke %D 2003 %J Cerebrovasc Dis %K Health Services, supply /&/ distribution; Humans; Quality Indicators, Care; Registries; Stroke, mortality/therapy; Sweden, epidemiology; Treatment Outcome %P 5--7 %T Riks-stroke - a Swedish national quality register for stroke care. %V 15 Suppl 1 %X Riks-Stroke, the Swedish national quality register on stroke care, provides unique opportunities to evaluate stroke units in routine clinical care.Basic patient characteristics, process indicators and outcome variables are recorded in all 85 hospitals admitting acute stroke patients. A 3-month follow-up is included.There are wide variations between hospitals in the proportion of patients admitted to a stroke unit, in secondary prevention and in the proportion of patients in institutional care at 3 months. Even after adjustment for available prognostic indicators, case fatality is lower and functional outcome is better in patients treated in stroke units than in patients treated in general wards.Riks-Stroke shows that outcome is consistently better in patients treated in a stroke unit than in general wards, not only in randomised trials but also in routine stroke care.

@article{Asplund2003, abstract = {Riks-Stroke, the Swedish national quality register on stroke care, provides unique opportunities to evaluate stroke units in routine clinical care.Basic patient characteristics, process indicators and outcome variables are recorded in all 85 hospitals admitting acute stroke patients. A 3-month follow-up is included.There are wide variations between hospitals in the proportion of patients admitted to a stroke unit, in secondary prevention and in the proportion of patients in institutional care at 3 months. Even after adjustment for available prognostic indicators, case fatality is lower and functional outcome is better in patients treated in stroke units than in patients treated in general wards.Riks-Stroke shows that outcome is consistently better in patients treated in a stroke unit than in general wards, not only in randomised trials but also in routine stroke care.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T14:19:25.000+0200}, author = {Asplund, Kjell and Asberg, Kerstin Hulter and Norrving, Bo and Stegmayr, Birgitta and Terént, Andreas and Wester, Per-Olov and Collaboration, Riks-Stroke}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2231100c743121799392c8981c37a92bd/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, institution = {Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Umea, Sweden. Kjell.Asplund@medicin.umu.se}, interhash = {6fbc4d720c3740f95971ec02307e48e4}, intrahash = {231100c743121799392c8981c37a92bd}, journal = {Cerebrovasc Dis}, keywords = {Health Services, supply /&/ distribution; Humans; Quality Indicators, Care; Registries; Stroke, mortality/therapy; Sweden, epidemiology; Treatment Outcome}, language = {eng}, medline-pst = {ppublish}, pages = {5--7}, pmid = {12649604}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T14:50:37.000+0200}, title = {Riks-stroke - a Swedish national quality register for stroke care.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = {15 Suppl 1}, year = 2003 }