Rationale and design of a cluster-randomized multifaceted intervention trial to improve stroke care quality in China: The GOLDEN BRIDGE–Acute Ischemic Stroke
Wang Y, Li Z, Xian Y, Zhao X, Li H, Shen H, Wang C, Liu L, Wang C, Pan Y, Wang D, Bettger J, Fonarow G, Schwamm L, Smith S, Peterson E, Wang Y, investigators G. Rationale and design of a cluster-randomized multifaceted intervention trial to improve stroke care quality in China: The GOLDEN BRIDGE–Acute Ischemic Stroke. American Heart Journal 2015, 169: 767-774.e2. PMID: 26027613, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultifaceted quality improvement interventionAcute ischemic strokeQuality improvement interventionsIschemic strokeImprovement interventionsEvidence-based clinical pathwayEvidence-based performance measuresEvidence-based gapNew vascular eventsSecondary patient outcomesStroke care qualityGuideline-based recommendationsInitial symptom onsetCluster-randomized trialVascular eventsInhospital deathSymptom onsetPrimary outcomeCare protocolsAIS patientsIntervention trialsPatient outcomesClinical pathwayMultifaceted interventionsRoutine standard