title: Quality measures in stroke.
abstract: Stroke is a major public health burden, and accounts for many hospitalizations each year. Due to gaps in practice and recommended guidelines, there has been a recent push toward implementing quality measures to be used for improving patient care, comparing institutions, as well as for rewarding or penalizing physicians through pay-for-performance. This article reviews the major organizations involved in implementing quality metrics for stroke, and the 10 major metrics currently being tracked. We also discuss possible future metrics and the implications of public reporting and using metrics for pay-for-performance.
authors: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Sharon N
authors: SN
authors: Poisson
authors: S Andrew
authors: SA
authors: Josephson
keywords: cerebrovascular disorders; quality < techniques; stroke
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