Regional differences in the care and outcomes of acute stroke patients in Australia: an observational study using evidence from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the processes and outcomes of care in patients who had a stroke treated in urban versus rural hospitals in Australia.

Design

Observational study using data from a multicentre national registry.

Setting

Data from 50 acute care hospitals in Australia (25 urban, 25 rural) which participated in the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry during the period 2010-2015.

Participants

Patients were divided into two groups (urban, rural) according to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Area classification. Data pertaining to 28 115 patients who had a stroke were analysed, of whom 8159 (29%) were admitted to hospitals located within rural areas.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Regional differences in processes of ca

SUBMITTER: Dwyer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8021749 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature