Maintenance of stroke care quality amid the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in Taiwan
Journal
Journal of Stroke
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
3
Pages
407-411
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Liu C.-H.
Chi N.-F.
Sung P.-S.
Hsieh C.-Y.
Lee M.
Taiwan Stroke Society Investigators
Abstract
Figure 1. Trends of mean daily admissions of stroke between the first quarters of 2019 and 2020. ( A) The rates of stroke and acute ischemic stroke (AIS) admissions decreased substantially over the first 3 months of 2020 (P<0.001 and P=0.03, respectively), but not in 2019 (P=0.13 and P=0.35, respectively). (B) The decrease of stroke admission rate in 2020 were consistently found in medical centers (P=0.007) and community hospitals (P=0.02). COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
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Other Subjects
anticoagulant agent; antilipemic agent; tissue plasminogen activator; atrial fibrillation; brain hemorrhage; cerebrovascular accident; computer assisted tomography; coronavirus disease 2019; government; health care quality; hospital admission; human; Letter; major clinical study; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; practice guideline; retrospective study; stroke unit; Taiwan; time to treatment; total quality management
Publisher
Korean Stroke Society
Type
letter