Stroke Outcomes Measures Must Be Appropriately Risk Adjusted to Ensure Quality Care of Patients
Fonarow G, Alberts M, Broderick J, Jauch E, Kleindorfer D, Saver J, Solis P, Suter R, Schwamm L. Stroke Outcomes Measures Must Be Appropriately Risk Adjusted to Ensure Quality Care of Patients. Stroke 2014, 45: 1589-1601. PMID: 24523036, DOI: 10.1161/str.0000000000000014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican Heart Association/American Stroke AssociationAmerican Stroke AssociationStroke Outcome MeasureOutcome measuresAdequate risk adjustmentIschemic strokeStroke patientsStroke AssociationAcute ischemic stroke patientsMedicaid ServicesRisk adjustmentHealth Stroke ScaleHospital-level outcomesAcute ischemic strokeIschemic stroke patientsEvidence-based careCause of deathStroke severity measuresRisk-adjusted outcome measuresStroke ScaleStroke careStroke mortalityReadmission measuresPatientsCase mix