TABLE 1.
Summary of Completed Interviews Regarding Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Primary Stroke Center (PSC) Policy, by Stakeholder Type, March–July 2009
| Number of Interviews |
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| Stakeholder Type | Florida | Massachusetts | New Mexico | New York | Total |
| Academics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| AHA–ASA | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Emergency department physicians or nurses | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Emergency medical services | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| Hospital representatives or advocates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Insurance, payors, or advocates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Neurologists and other medical specialists | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Telemedicine | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Underserved populations | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| State department of health | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| State regulatory agency | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Stroke coordinators in hospitals | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Stroke survivors | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 43 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 109 |
Note. AHA–ASA = American Heart Association and American Stroke Association representatives.