Disparities in evaluation at certified primary stroke centers: reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke

MT Mullen, S Judd, VJ Howard, SE Kasner, CC Branas… - Stroke, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Evaluation at primary stroke centers (PSCs) has the potential to
improve outcomes for patients with stroke. We looked for differences in evaluation at Joint …

Modelling capacity along a patient pathway with delays to transfer and discharge

RM Wood, BJ Murch - Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a versatile model to estimate capacity requirements along a patient
pathway with delays to transfer and discharge caused by blocking after service. Blocking …

[HTML][HTML] The stroke transitional care intervention for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity: a multisite pragmatic randomized controlled trial

M Markle-Reid, K Fisher, KM Walker, M Beauchamp… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background This study aimed to test, in real-world clinical practice, the effectiveness of a
Transitional Care Stroke Intervention (TCSI) compared to usual care on health outcomes …

Centralisation of acute stroke services in London: impact evaluation using two treatment groups

R Friebel, K Hauck, P Aylin - Health economics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The bundling of clinical expertise in centralised treatment centres is considered an effective
intervention to improve quality and efficiency of acute stroke care. In 2010, 8 London Trusts …

[HTML][HTML] New evidence-based A1, A2, A3 alarm time zones for transferring thrombolysed patients to hyper-acute stroke units: faster is better

TS Han, G Gulli, B Affley, D Fluck, CH Fry, C Barrett… - Neurological …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Objectives The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence and The Royal
College of Physicians recommend transferring thrombolysed patients with stroke to a …

Radiotherapy and survival in breast cancer

TA Buchholz - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Nearly 11 000 patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving surgery
have participated in prospective phase 3 trials assessing the benefits of postoperative …

[HTML][HTML] Management of high-risk non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in the UK: need for alternative models of care to reduce length of stay and admission to …

S Koganti, RD Rakhit - Clinical Medicine, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The roll out of the primary percutaneous coronary intervention pathway as the default
treatment for patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) across the NHS has …

How do comprehensive and acute stroke units differ? A critical review

T West, P Langhorne… - International Journal of …, 2013 - magonlinelibrary.com
Background: Stroke unit care is advocated for all acute stroke patients. Varying models of
stroke unit care exist and there is a need to identify how these models differ and how these …

Improvement of care in acute stroke units

CDA Wolfe, AG Rudd - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
In The Lancet, Sandy Middleton and colleagues1 report on an innovative cluster trial of
multidisciplinary team management of common acute stroke abnormalities in Australian …

Organized multi-disciplinary stroke team care improves acute stroke outcomes in resource limited settings; Results of a retrospective study from a Nigerian tertiary …

O Adeniji, O Adeleye, J Akinyemi, F Otubogun… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Evidence for the impact of organized stroke multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) on
outcomes in Africa is sparse. Aim To compare stroke outcomes, before and after the …