Table 3.
Hospital characteristics those with/without temporal improvement of the CSC capabilities
| Hsp-related factors in 2010 | All consecutively participating hsps (n=300) |
Improvement hsps (n=198) |
No improvement hsps (n=102) |
P value* |
| Hsp locations | 0.478 | |||
| MEA central | 186 (62.0) | 121 (61.1) | 65 (63.7) | |
| MEA outlying | 79 (26.3) | 56 (28.3) | 23 (22.6) | |
| McEA | 35 (11.7) | 21 (10.6) | 14 (13.7) | |
| CSC score in 2010 | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 16 (13 to 19) | 16 (13 to 18) | 17 (13 to 20) | 0.032 |
| Academic hospital | 58 (19.3) | 42 (21.2) | 16 (15.7) | 0.251 |
| DPC hospital | 225 (75.0) | 145 (73.2) | 80 (78.4) | 0.325 |
| Number of hospital beds | 0.016 | |||
| 1–99 | 17 (5.7) | 9 (4.6) | 8 (7.8) | |
| 100–299 | 68 (22.7) | 37 (18.7) | 31 (30.4) | |
| 300–499 | 96 (32.0) | 62 (31.1) | 34 (33.3) | |
| ≥500 | 119 (39.7) | 90 (45.5) | 29 (28.4) | |
| Annual stroke case volume | 0.915 | |||
| 0–99 | 34 (11.3) | 21 (10.6) | 13 (12.8) | |
| 100–199 | 73 (24.3) | 47 (23.7) | 26 (25.5) | |
| 200–299 | 67 (22.3) | 45 (22.7) | 22 (21.6) | |
| ≥300 | 126 (42.0) | 85 (42.9) | 41 (40.2) | |
| Number of stroke physician volume | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 6 (3 to 9) | 6 (3.8 to 9) | 5 (3 to 9.3) | 0.139 |
| Number of stroke physician volume quartile | ||||
| Q1 (0–3) | 82 (27.3) | 49 (24.8) | 33 (32.4) | |
| Q2 (4–6) | 68 (22.7) | 43 (21.7) | 25 (24.5) | |
| Q3 (7–9) | 80 (26.7) | 61 (30.8) | 19 (18.6) | |
| Q4 (≥10) | 70 (23.3) | 45 (22.7) | 25 (24.5) | |
| Number of stroke physician volume tertile | ||||
| T1 (0–4) | 114 (38.0) | 72 (36.4) | 42 (41.2) | |
| T2 (4–8) | 96 (32.0) | 63 (31.8) | 33 (32.4) | |
| T3 (≥9） | 90 (30.0) | 63 (31.8) | 27 (26.5) | |
*P value: improvement versus no improvement hsps.
CSC, comprehensive stroke centre; DPC, Diagnostic Procedure Combination; Hsp, hospital; McEA, Micropolitan Employment Area; MEA, Metropolitan Employment Area.