Table 2.

Details of participating hospitals

Site	State	Allocated intervention	Acute stroke unit beds	Patients with stroke admitted each year
				To hospital	To acute stroke unit
1	South Australia	Multifaceted	14	800	580
2	South Australia	Education	20	800	800
3	South Australia	Multifaceted	6	350	350
4	South Australia	Education	12	300	270
5	New South Wales	Education	4	130–150	130–150
6	New South Wales	Multifaceted	4	300–400	280
7	New South Wales	Multifaceted	4	350	250
8	New South Wales	Education	30a	500	400
9	South Australia	Multifaceted	0	30	Not applicable
10	South Australia	Education	0	30	Not applicable

^aStroke beds not funded separately from neurological beds, 30 beds on the stroke and neurological ward