Get with the guidelines-stroke performance indicators: Surveillance of Stroke Care in the Taiwan Stroke Registry: Get with the guidelines-stroke in Taiwan
Journal
Circulation
Journal Volume
122
Journal Issue
11
Pages
1116-1123
Date Issued
2010
Author(s)
Hsieh F.-I.
Lien L.-M.
Chen S.-T.
Bai C.-H.
Sun M.-C.
Tseng H.-P.
Chen Y.-W.
Chen C.-H.
Tsai S.-Y.
Lin H.-J.
Liu C.-H.
Lo Y.-K.
Chen H.-J.
Chiu H.-C.
Lai M.-L.
Lin R.-T.
Sun M.-H.
Yip B.-S.
Chiou H.-Y.
Hsu C.Y.
Abstract
Background-: Stroke is a leading cause of death around the world. Improving the quality of stroke care is a global priority, despite the diverse healthcare economies across nations. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With the Guidelines-Stroke program (GWTG-Stroke) has improved the quality of stroke care in 790 US academic and community hospitals, with broad implications for the rest of the country. The generalizability of GWTG-Stroke across national and economic boundaries remains to be tested. The Taiwan Stroke Registry, with 30 599 stroke admissions between 2006 and 2008, was used to assess the applicability of GWTG-Stroke in Taiwan, which spends ?1/10 of what the United States does in medical costs per new or recurrent stroke. Methods and Results-: Taiwan Stroke Registry, sponsored by the Taiwan Department of Health, engages 39 academic and community hospitals and covers the entire country with 4 steps of quality control to ensure the reliability of entered data. Five GWTG-Stroke performance measures and 1 safety indicator are applicable to assess Taiwan Stroke Registry quality of stroke care. Demographic and outcome figures are comparable between GWTG-Stroke and Taiwan Stroke Registry. Two indicators (early and discharge antithrombotics) are close to GWTG-Stroke standards, while 3 other indicators (intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation, lipid-lowering medication) and 1 safety indicator fall behind. Preliminary analysis shows that compliance with selected GWTG-Stroke guidelines is associated with better outcomes. Conclusions-: Results suggest that GWTG-Stroke performance measures, with modification for ethnic factors, can become global standards across national and economic boundaries for assessing and improving quality of stroke care and outcomes. GWTG-Stroke can be incorporated into ongoing stroke registries across nations. ? 2010 American Heart Association, Inc.
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acetylsalicylic acid; anticoagulant agent; antilipemic agent; tissue plasminogen activator; warfarin; adult; aged; article; brain hemorrhage; community hospital; demography; disease registry; female; get with the guidelines stroke program; health care cost; health program; heart atrium fibrillation; human; major clinical study; male; occlusive cerebrovascular disease; practice guideline; priority journal; prophylaxis; quality control; stroke; subarachnoid hemorrhage; Taiwan; transient ischemic attack; United States; follow up; health care quality; health survey; medical society; middle aged; practice guideline; register; retrospective study; standards; Stroke; Aged; American Heart Association; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Guideline Adherence; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Population Surveillance; Quality of Health Care; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Stroke; Taiwan; United States; Aged; American Heart Association; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Guideline Adherence; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Population Surveillance; Quality of Health Care; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Stroke; Taiwan; United States
Type
journal article