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Benefits of a Stroke Center

Stroke care centers have been shown to
improve patient care via:

  1. Fewer Complications
  2. Increased Use of Acute Therapies
  3. Reduced Morbidity & Mortality
  4. Improved Long Term Outcomes
  5. Reduced Costs
  6. Increased Patient Satisfaction 
  7. Greater survival to return home (instead of a long term care facility)
  8. Higher percentage of patients that regain their pre-stroke level of independence
  9. More education and lowering of risk factors for a recurrent stroke 
     (smoking cessation, cholesterol lowering, blood clot prevention)

Source:
Meretoja A, Roine R, Kaste M, Linna S, Juntunen M, Erila T, Hillbom M, Martitila R, Rissanen A, Sivenius J, Hakkinen U. Effectiveness of Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers-PERFECT Stroke: a Nationwide Observational Study. Stroke. 2010; 41: 1102-1107

Noyes, K, Peterson E, Xian, Shah M, Chappel, A. Study Finds Access to Stroke Centers Can Save Lives. Journal of the American Medical Association . 2011.

 
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