How stroke care has changed in Slovakia in the last 5 years.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although stroke patients in Slovakia had been treated according to European recommendations, no network of primary and comprehensive stroke centers had been officially established; the ESO recommended quality parameters had not been fulfilled. Therefore, the Slovak Stroke Society decided to change the stroke management concept and introduced mandatory evaluation of quality parameters. This article focuses on key success factors of the change in stroke management in Slovakia and presents the 5-year results and perspectives for the future.

Material and methods

We processed data from the stroke register at the National Health Information Center, which is mandatory in Slovakia for all hospitals designated as primary and secondary stroke care centers.

Results

SUBMITTER: Gdovinova Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9923130 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature