Does Adding Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Centers in a Regional Stroke Care System Affect Procedural Volume?
The designation of additional thrombectomy-capable centers in a regional stroke care system was not significantly associated with the volume of procedures by center or times-to-procedure, suggesting that additional centers may increase patient access to time-sensitive interventions without diluting patient presentations at existing centers.
Authors
- Nichole Bosson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8356-0772)
- Marianne Gausche‐Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6367-8455)
- Juliana Tolles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-2998)
- Jake Toy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0089-5495)
- Patrick D. Lyden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6170-4042)
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Keck Hospital of USC (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- Health and Human Services Agency (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x25000275
- Primary Topic
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00