Table 1.
Annual data and indicators for AIS patients receiving rtPA therapy from 2009 to 2014 in the project “Hospital Emergent Capability Accreditation by Level-Stroke”
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital no. | 74 | 80 | 100 | 111 | 112 | 112 | NA | |
| Items | ||||||||
| 1. AIS | 12,481 | 16,905 | 26,707 | 31,558 | 31,499 | 30,771 | 149,921 | |
| 2. Eligible for rtPA | 360 | 591 | 1,247 | 1,436 | 1,431 | 1,461 | 6,526 | |
| 3. rtPA administration | 377 | 640 | 1,121 | 1,350 | 1,328 | 1,370 | 6,186 | |
| 4. Qualifying for rtPA criteria | 319 | 531 | 1,045 | 1,247 | 1,262 | 1,278 | 5,682 | |
| 5. Administration of rtPA within 60 min. | 98 | 242 | 559 | 747 | 778 | 823 | 3,247 | |
| 6. SICH | 28 | 62 | 86 | 122 | 107 | 124 | 529 | |
| Indicator (item no./item no.) (%) | ||||||||
| Treatment rate (3/1) | 3.0* | 3.8*,† | 4.2† | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | |
| Protocol adherence rate (4/2) | 88.6 | 89.8† | 83.8†,‡ | 86.8§ | 88.2 | 87.5 | 87.1 | |
| In-time treatment rate (5/3) | 26.0* | 37.8*,† | 49.9†,‡ | 55.3§ | 58.6 | 60.1 | 52.5 | |
| SICH rate (6/3) | 7.4 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 8.6 |
AIS, acute ischemic stroke; rtPA, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; no., number; NA, not applicable; min., minutes; SICH, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage.
*
P<0.05, 2009 vs. 2010;
†
P<0.05, 2010 vs. 2011;
‡
P<0.05, 2011 vs. 2012. Significant differences between the two groups of the index were analyzed with a χ2 test with P<0.05.