Predictors of Discharge Destination After Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Determining the discharge destination after acute stroke care is important to prevent long-term disabilities and improve cost efficiency.

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate where stroke patients are discharged to after acute treatment and to identify personal, social, stroke-related, and clinical predictors of discharge destination.

Methods

The present study included a secondary exploratory analysis of a prospective observational study. Patients with acute ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, or intracerebral hemorrhage were recruited consecutively over a 15-month period. A hierarchical multinomial logistic regression was performed to identify predictors of the primary outcome of discharge destination.

Results

We included 1026

SUBMITTER: Schrage T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10272622 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature