MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
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MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. · Feb 2011
Use of a registry to improve acute stroke care--seven states, 2005-2009.
Each year, an estimated 795,000 persons in the United States experience a stroke. In all, an estimated 7 million U. S. residents have had a stroke, and the cost of cerebrovascular disease in 2007 was estimated at $41 billion. ⋯ The proportion of patients receiving "defect-free care" (a descriptor that indicates whether patients received all of the quality-of-care measures for which they were eligible) also improved. These results demonstrate the ability of state health departments to collaborate with hospitals to monitor and improve the delivery of high-quality care for acute stroke patients. This role for public health and state health departments in hospital quality improvement for acute stroke care is a viable approach to improving the quality of stroke care in the United States.