Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The first observational study to investigate the impact of early supported discharge (ESD) on length of hospital stay in real-world conditions.

Design

Using historical prospective Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) data (1 January 2013-31 December 2016) and multilevel modelling, cross-sectional (2015-2016; 30 791 patients nested within 55 hospitals) and repeated cross-sectional (2013-2014 vs 2015-2016; 49 266 patients nested within 41 hospitals) analyses were undertaken.

Setting

Hospitals were sampled across a large geographical area of England covering the West and East Midlands, the East of England and the North of England.

Participants

Stroke patients whose data were entered into the SSNAP database by hospital teams.

Interventions<

SUBMITTER: Fisher RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7818805 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature