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Older patients with acute stroke in Denmark: quality of care and short-term mortality
— a nationwide follow-up study | | Author(s) | Kaare D Palnum, Palle Petersen, Henrik Toft Sorensen |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 37, no 1, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp 90-95 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Stroke ; Medical care ; Quality ; Death rate [statistics] ; Short term ; Longitudinal surveys ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | Age may predict level of care and subsequent outcomes in patients with stroke. In this Danish follow-up study, 29549 patients admitted with stroke between January 2003 and October 2005 were identified in the Danish National Indicator Project (DNIP). Data on 30- and 90-day mortality were obtained from the Civil Registration System. The authors compared proportions of patients receiving adequate care across age groups, as measured by admission to a specialised stroke unit, administration of anti-platelet and anticoagulant therapy, examination with CT/MR scan, assessment by a physiotherapist and occupational therapist, or assessment of nutritional risk. Older patients with stroke in Denmark, particularly those aged 80+, receive a lower quality of care than do younger patients (aged 65 or less). The age-related differences were minor for most examined processes of care except for early anticoagulation therapy and early assessment of nutritional risk. Age-related differences on the examined processes of care did not appear to explain the higher mortality in older stroke patients. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-080304206 A |
| Classmark | CQA: LK: 59: S5: 4P: 3J: 76K |
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