Differences in acute ischaemic stroke in-hospital mortality across referral stroke hospitals in Spain: a retrospective, longitudinal observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess differences in acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) in-hospital mortality between referral stroke hospitals and provide evidence on the association of those differences with the overtime adoption of effective reperfusion therapies.

Design

Retrospective, longitudinal observational study using administrative data for virtually all hospital admissions from 2003 to 2015.

Setting

Thirty-seven referral stroke hospitals in the Spanish National Health System.

Participants

Patients aged 18 years and older with a hospital episode with an admission diagnosis of AIS in any referral stroke hospital (196 099 admissions). MAIN ENDPOINTS: (1) Hospital variation in 30-day in-hospital mortality measured in terms of the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC); and (2

SUBMITTER: Estupinan-Romero F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10410886 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature