Variations in Quality Indicators of Acute Stroke Care in 6 European Countries

Variations in quality indicators of acute stroke care in 6 European countries: the European Implementation Score (EIS) Collaboration.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Quality indicators serve as standards of care by which performance of individual hospitals is measured. Although several audits for monitoring quality of stroke care have been established in Europe, there is currently no consensus on quality indicators for acute stroke care or for methodology for collecting information on these measures. METHODS An up-to-date inventory ...

Variations in acute hospital stroke care and factors influencing adherence to quality indicators in 6 European audits.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We compared compliance with standards of acute stroke care between 6 European audits and identified factors associated with delivery of appropriate care. METHODS Data were derived from stroke audits in Germany, Poland, Scotland, Catalonia, Sweden, and England/Wales/Northern-Ireland participating within the European Implementation Score (EIS) collaboration. Associations ...

Canadian Stroke Quality of Care Study: Identification of performance indicators for acute stroke care

Background: Initiatives including regionalization of stroke care, clinical practice guideline development and quality-of-care improvement efforts are best supported using clearly defined performance measures and accurate, high-quality data sources. In Canada, there are no published consensus statements or guidelines, and consensus-based indicators to evaluate the quality of stroke care are lack...

The Canadian Stroke Quality of Care Study: establishing indicators for optimal acute stroke care.

The quality of acute stroke care- an analysis of evidence-based indicators in 260 000 patients.

BACKGROUND Stroke patients should be cared for in accordance with evidence-based guidelines. The extent of implementation of guidelines for the acute care of stroke patients in Germany has been unclear to date. METHODS The regional quality assurance projects that cooperate in the framework of the German Stroke Registers Study Group (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Schlaganfall-Register, ADSR) c...