title: The Danish Stroke Registry.
abstract: The aim of the Danish Stroke Registry is to monitor and improve the quality of care among all patients with acute stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) treated at Danish hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients with acute stroke (from 2003) or TIA (from 2013) treated at Danish hospitals. Reporting is mandatory by law for all hospital departments treating these patients. The registry included >130,000 events by the end of 2014, including 10,822 strokes and 4,227 TIAs registered in 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  The registry holds prospectively collected data on key processes of care, mainly covering the early phase after stroke, including data on time of delivery of the processes and the eligibility of the individual patients for each process. The data are used for assessing 18 process indicators reflecting recommendations in the national clinical guidelines for patients with acute stroke and TIA. Patient outcomes are currently monitored using 30-day mortality, unplanned readmission, and for patients receiving revascularization therapy, also functional level at 3 months poststroke.
  Sociodemographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors with potential prognostic impact are registered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Danish Stroke Registry is a well-established clinical registry which plays a key role for monitoring and improving stroke and TIA care in Denmark. In addition, the registry is increasingly used for research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital.
authors.forename: Søren Paaske
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital; Registry Support Center of Clinical Quality & Health Informatics (West), The Danish Clinical Registries, Aarhus.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ingeman
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital.
authors.forename: Heidi Holmager
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hundborg
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen.
authors.forename: Susanne Zielke
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Schaarup
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Zealand University Hopital, Roskilde, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gyllenborg
keywords: quality improvement; stroke; transient ischemic attack