Table 2.
 Interventions in acute stroke phase over study period. Values are numbers of participants with process/total number of participants with data on process measure (%) unless stated otherwise
| Process measure | Study period | P for trend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-7 (n=907) | 1998-2000 (n=810) | 2001-3 (n=757) | 2004-6 (n=706) | 2007-9 (n=620) | ||
| Hospital admission | 745/907 (82.1) | 693/810 (85.6) | 647/757 (85.5) | 658/706 (93.2) | 587/620 (94.7) | <0.001 |
| Stroke unit admission* | 141/736 (18.9) | 245/678 (35.4) | 424/640 (65.5) | 503/644 (76.4) | 460/584 (78.4) | <0.001 |
| >50% of stay on stroke unit* | 76/733 (10.4) | 60/659 (9.1) | 306/622 (49.2) | 462 /642 (72.0) | 413/574 (72.0) | <0.001 |
| Median (interquartile range) length of stay (days) | 21 (8-52) | 21 (8-54) | 16 (6-51) | 14 (4-37) | 13 (5-36.5) | <0.001 |
| Brain imaging | 759/891 (85.2) | 726/790 (91.9) | 678/739 (91.8) | 674/685 ((98.4) | 554/556 (99.6) | <0.001 |
| Swallow test* | 710/739 (96.1) | 632/682 (92.7) | 584/644 (90.7) | 594/657 (90.4) | 516/587 (87.9) | <0.001 |
*Analysis limited to patients admitted to hospital.