Table 3.
Hospitalization and Healthcare resource utilization at acute phase
| Total, N=185 N (%) |
|
|---|---|
| Hospitalization | |
| Length of stay in Daysa (LOS) in hospital, mean (SD) | 13.6 (9.8) |
| Time in hours between admission and treatment, mean (SD) | 2.0 (2.64) |
| Type of Hospital | |
| Specialized hospital | 60 (34.9) |
| General hospital | 43 (25.0) |
| Basic general hospital | 43 (25.0) |
| Primary care | 24 (14.0) |
| First hospital unit of admission | |
| Emergency unit | 22 (12.8) |
| Stroke unit | 72 (41.9) |
| Intensive care unit | 28 (16.3) |
| Neurology unit | 20 (11.6) |
| Internal medicine unit | 29 (16.9) |
| Cardiology unit | 1 (0.6) |
| Imaging test | |
| Number of imaging tests | 163 (94.8) |
| Type of imaging testing | |
| CT scan without contrast injection | 99 (61.5) |
| CT scan with contrast injection | 38 (23.6) |
| MRI | 61 (37.9) |
| Cerebral angiography angioscan or angioIRM | 13 (8.0) |
| Cervical Doppler ultrasound examination | 59 (37.1) |
| Thrombolysis treatment | 28 (16.3) |
a
Calculated as the sum of all durations in all units on 182 patients.