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Can we learn lessons from the different ways stroke is managed in different countries?

C. Wolfe

Department of Public Health Medicine United Medical & Dental School of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals St Thomas' Campus St Thomas' Hospital London SE1 7EH

R. Beech

Department of Public Health Medicine, United Medical & Dental School of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, St Thomas' Campus, London SE1 7EH

M. Ratcliffe

Department of Public Health Medicine, United Medical & Dental School of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, St Thomas' Campus, London SE1 7EH

A.G. Rudd

Department of Public Health Medicine, United Medical & Dental School of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, St Thomas' Campus, London SE1 7EH

Stroke is a major health care problem in the European Union and consumes significant resources. The mortality rates from stroke and treatment strategies vary signifi cantly between member states. Only by comparison between centres in different member states with differing health care delivery can the effect of these varying approaches to the management of stroke on outcome be assessed. Conducting a study on a European wide basis in centres which are known to differ in terms of treatment strategies and outcomes allows an immediate analysis of the effectiveness, resource requirements and cost of diffe rent methods of managing stroke patients. This paper addresses the current burden of stroke and strategies for its management. An outline of a European Union project, assessing how stroke is managed in different countries, is provided with the aim of indicating a strategy for discovering and promoting more cost-effective services for stroke care in the future.

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 115, No. 3, 143-147 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/146642409511500303
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