Figure 1. Rank order of frequency of feeding tube placement in acute ischemic stroke hospitalizations, 2008–2011.

Hospitals include 1,540 hospitals with at least 30 acute ischemic stroke hospitalizations lasting greater than 3 days within each year of the nationwide inpatient sample, 2008–2011. In compliance with Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project guidelines, no individual hospital can be identified directly or by inference using these data.