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  • Healthcare Quality Improvement
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  • Monitoring and improving stroke care quality is a priority.
  • Established benchmarks for acute stroke performance indicators are lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop data-derived benchmarks for key acute stroke quality indicators.

Main Methods:

  • Nine acute stroke quality indicators were selected.
  • A population-based retrospective sample of 3191 patients from 142 Ontario hospitals was analyzed.
  • The Achievable Benchmark of Care (ABC™) methodology was used, focusing on top-performing hospitals.

Main Results:

  • Benchmarks were established for neuroimaging (98%), stroke unit admission (77%), thrombolysis (59%), carotid imaging (93%), dysphagia screening (88%), antithrombotic therapy (98%), anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (94%), antihypertensive therapy (92%), and lipid-lowering therapy (77%).
  • Most benchmarks met or exceeded Accreditation Canada targets, except for dysphagia screening.

Conclusions:

  • Benchmarks for nine hospital-based acute stroke care quality indicators have been established.
  • These benchmarks can inform the development of standards for quality improvement initiatives in stroke care.