2015
An International Standard Set of Patient-Centered Outcome Measures After Stroke
Salinas J, Sprinkhuizen S, Ackerson T, Bernhardt J, Davie C, George M, Gething S, Kelly A, Lindsay P, Liu L, Martins S, Morgan L, Norrving B, Ribbers G, Silver F, Smith E, Williams L, Schwamm L. An International Standard Set of Patient-Centered Outcome Measures After Stroke. Stroke 2015, 47: 180-186. PMID: 26604251, PMCID: PMC4689178, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.010898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported outcomesOutcome measuresInternational standard setTransient ischemic attackHealth-related qualityCare-related factorsStroke Outcome MeasureSystemic risk factorsDifferent care settingsPreferred outcome measureRisk-adjustment variablesValue-based health careInternational expert panelIschemic attackAcute complicationsIschemic strokePatient demographicsStroke outcomeStroke RegisterIntracerebral hemorrhageStroke careStroke managementRisk factorsStroke typeCare settings
2014
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