Orpington 1993.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT
Participants	People with stroke who had survived for 2 weeks Suitable for transfer to rehabilitation ward
Interventions	Stroke rehabilitation ward (n = 124) vs conventional care in geriatric (mixed rehabilitation unit) (n = 73) or general medical (n = 48) ward Organised care provided for months if required
Outcomes	Death, Barthel Index, place of residence, length of initial hospital stay at end of follow‐up 2 intervention and 5 control patients lost to follow‐up
Notes	Variable duration of follow‐up (hospital discharge)
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	"Randomised with the use of Geigy table of random numbers"
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	"Randomisation was computerized"
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Difficult to conceal
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	Unblinded outcome assessment
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	2 intervention and 5 control participants lost to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	All pre‐specified outcomes reported