Impact of major stroke service centralisation on mortality and care: analysis of admissions, interventions and outcomes in South Australia
The major implementation of a metropolitan centralised 'hub and spoke' model of acute stroke care was associated with overall significant improvements in process indicators but a possible temporary increase in ischaemic stroke mortality during implementation.
Authors
- Jim Jannes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-2572)
- Timothy John Kleinig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4430-3276)
- Jackson D. Harvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8700-0713)
- Thu‐Lan Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-9289)
- Andrew Moey
- Lizzie Dodd
- Susan Hillier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-6137)
- Michelle Hutchinson
- Matt Wilcourt
Institutions
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Women's and Children's Health Network (AU)
- Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13411-3
- Primary Topic
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00