Exploring factors that influence the spread and sustainability of a dysphagia innovation: an instrumental case study

Table 1 Settings: number of beds and range in staff numbers on the stroke and fractured neck of femur care pathways

Characteristic	Stroke care pathway		Fractured neck of femur care pathway
Characteristic	Acute Stroke Unit	Rehab. in community	Post-op.	Post-op.	Rehab.	Rehab. in community
Number of beds	56	31 ^a	34	34	28	31^a
Number of staff	60-70 ^b	50 ^c	39–41	36–38	39	50^c

^aCommunity unit with 31 beds for stroke rehabilitation and frail elderly orthopaedic rehabilitation
^bStroke service staff rotate between the hyper acute and acute wards
^cRehabilitation in community unit staff rotate between both wards and some work in the community

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