Statewide assessment of hospital-based stroke prevention and treatment services in North Carolina: Changes over the last 5 years

The first published statewide assessment of stroke prevention and treatment services in the United States was carried out in North Carolina in 1998. The purpose of the present study was to measure changes in these services that may have occurred over the last 5 years. A 1-page questionnaire was sent...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Stroke (1970) 2003-12, Vol.34 (12), p.2945-2950
Hauptverfasser:	CAMILO, Osvaldo, GOLDSTEIN, Larry B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Diagnostic Imaging - utilization Emergency Service, Hospital - standards Emergency Service, Hospital - trends Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization Fibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use Health Care Surveys Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data Humans Medical sciences Neurology North Carolina Radiography Stroke - diagnostic imaging Stroke - prevention & control Stroke - therapy Surveys and Questionnaires Tissue Plasminogen Activator - therapeutic use Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	The first published statewide assessment of stroke prevention and treatment services in the United States was carried out in North Carolina in 1998. The purpose of the present study was to measure changes in these services that may have occurred over the last 5 years. A 1-page questionnaire was sent to each facility in the state in February 2003. Complete responses were obtained from each of the state's 128 facilities. The proportions of hospitals providing CT angiography (35% versus 55%, P
ISSN:	0039-2499 1524-4628
DOI:	10.1161/01.STR.0000103137.44496.AD