Table 2 Hospital characteristics
Advanced-level referral hospitals | Standard-level referral hospitals | Mid-level referral hospitals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median (IQR) | N | Median (IQR) | N | Median (IQR) | N | |
Number of beds | ||||||
Total beds | 705 (165) | 8 | 400 (189) | 19 | 252 (74) | 11 |
Stroke beds | 8 (4) | 8 | 6 (4) | 19 | 4 (3) | 10 |
Number of stroke admissions per year | ||||||
Median (IQR); percentage | N | Median (IQR); percentage | N | Median (IQR); percentage | N | |
Ischemic | 984 (721); 63% | 8 | 438 (244); 62% | 19 | 408 (194); 78% | 11 |
Haemorrhagic | 538 (211); 33% | 8 | 215 (162); 25% | 19 | 62 (68); 19% | 11 |
Unspecified | 77 (158); 4% | 8 | 123 (157); 13% | 19 | 8 (8); 3% | 11 |
Number of transfers to other hospitals per year | ||||||
Ischemic | 63 (69); 42% | 3 | 6 (9); 47% | 16 | 25 (29); 75% | 11 |
Haemorrhagic | 84 (20); 51% | 3 | 15 (16); 29% | 16 | 12 (19); 18% | 11 |
Unspecified | 12 (9); 7% | 3 | 9 (7); 24% | 16 | 2 (8); 7% | 11 |
Number of physiciana | ||||||
Median (IQR) | N | Median (IQR) | N | Median (IQR) | N | |
General practice | 7 (14) | 7 | 3 (15) | 12 | 6 (9) | 6 |
Internal medicine | 20 (21) | 8 | 9 (8) | 19 | 5 (2) | 11 |
Neurologist | 2 (1) | 8 | 1 (1) | 8 | – | – |
Surgeon | 11 (10) | 7 | 5 (4) | 19 | 3 (1) | 11 |
Neurosurgeon | 3 (1) | 8 | 2 (1) | 13 | 1 (−) | 2 |
Emergency medicine | 5 (3) | 7 | 2 (3) | 15 | 2 (1) | 8 |
Radiologist | 5 (2) | 7 | 2 (3) | 19 | 2 (1) | 9 |
Rehabilitation physician | 4 (2) | 8 | 1 (1) | 17 | 1 (−) | 5 |
Family medicine | 3 (2) | 7 | 2 (1) | 16 | 3 (2) | 9 |
Proportion of stroke patients who are looked after by a specialist doctors training in stroke | ||||||
median | 80 (42) | 8 | 80 (40) | 12 | 100 (43) | 3 |
Proportion of stroke fast track (SFT) network and/or referral system with other hospitals | ||||||
SFT network | ||||||
SFT - N (%) | 2 (25) | 8 | 13 (68) | 19 | 9 (82) | 11 |
SFT hub - N (%) | 5 (63) | 8 | 4 (21) | 19 | 0 | 11 |
Referral system | ||||||
refer - N (%) | 3 (37) | 8 | 3 (37) | 19 | 11 (100) | 11 |
referral hub - N (%) | 5 (63) | 8 | 5 (63) | 19 | 0 | 11 |