Evaluation of Off-Hour Emergency Care in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results from the China National Stroke Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The quality of after-hour emergency care of patients with acute ischemic stroke is debatable. We therefore, sought to analyze the performance measures, quality of care and clinical outcomes in these patients admitted during off-hours.

Methods

Our study included 4493 patients from a selected cohort of patients admitted to the hospitals with ischemic stroke in the China National Stroke Registry (CNSR) from September 2007 to August 2008. On-hour presentation was defined as arrival at the emergency department from the scene between 8AM and 5PM from Monday through Friday. Off-hours included the remainder of the on-hours and statutory holidays. The association between off-hour presentation and outcome was analyzed using multivariate logistic-regression model

SUBMITTER: Wang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4574931 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature