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Metrics for Measuring Quality of Care in Comprehensive Stroke Centers
  • Updated:Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:10:00 AM
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Metrics for Measuring Quality of Care in Comprehensive Stroke Centers: Detailed Follow-up to Brain Attack Coalition Comprehensive Stroke Center Recommendations

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  • A Framework for Comprehensive stroke centers (CSC) was suggested by the Brain Attack Coalition in a paper published in 2005.
  • Comprehensive Stroke centers will be called upon to deliver a higher level of care to stroke patients.
  • Metrics are developed here to address quality of care standards that would be characteristic to a comprehensive stroke center.

    Read the full article in Stroke
    Stroke. 2011; 42: 849-877, Published online before print January 13, 2011, doi: 10.1161/?STR.0b013e318208eb99 

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