Table 1.
Descriptive summary statistics for the various data sets utilised: Ahus data set from Akershus University Hospital used to estimate SM LOS (obtained for the present study), HUS data set from NORSTROKE/Haukeland University Hospital used to estimate SM incidence [7], NPR data set from Norwegian Patient Registry used to estimate TIA, ICH and IS incidences and LOS [7, 13], SM Stroke mimics, ICH Intracerebral haemmorhage, IS Ischemic stroke
| Descriptive summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data set | Ahus | HUS | NPR | ||
| Time Period | 2020 | 2008–2017 | 2010–2015 | ||
| Diagnosis | SM | SM | TIA | ICH | IS |
| Number of admissions | 1380 | 5732 | 28,138 | 10,011 | 57,626 |
| Male % | 49 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 54 |
| Mean age (years) | 61 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 74 |
| Mean LOS (nights) | 2.4 | NA | 2.5 | 8.3 | 6.9 |