Hospital organizational context and delivery of evidence-based stroke care: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organizational context is one factor influencing the translation of evidence into practice, but data pertaining to patients with acute stroke are limited. We aimed to determine the associations of organizational context in relation to four important evidence-based stroke care processes.

Methods

This was a mixed methods cross-sectional study. Among 19 hospitals in Queensland, Australia, a survey was conducted of the perceptions of stroke clinicians about their work using the Alberta Context Tool (ACT), a validated measure covering 10 concepts of organizational context, and with additional stroke-specific contextual questions. These data were linked to the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) to determine the relationship with receipt of evidence-based acute

SUBMITTER: Andrew NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6339367 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature