Performance of stochastic simulation with 10 000 patients for 1000 trials
| Nearest center | CSC first | Rhode Island | Distributive | |
| Patients with 90 day mRS 0–2 (median (IQR) (%)) | ||||
| Urban | 43.76 (43.26, 44.29) | 44.48 (43.93, 45.01) | 44.44 (43.89, 44.97) | 44.44 (43.89, 44.97) |
| Suburban | 43.38 (42.87, 43.87) | 44.19 (43.64, 44.74) | 44.17 (43.61, 44.71) | – |
| Rural | 41.10 (40.69, 41.50) | 43.20 (42.78, 43.70) | 42.73 (42.31, 43.23) | – |
| Simulations won or tied for win (%) | ||||
| Urban | 0 | 99.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Suburban | 0 | 98.9 | 5.4 | – |
| Rural | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | – |
| Patients initially taken to non-nearest hospital (median (IQR) (%)) | ||||
| Urban | 0 | 67.84 (62.42, 77.37) | 56.84 (52.29, 64.84) | 61.30 (56.39, 69.93) |
| Suburban | 0 | 65.71 (57.37, 73.20) | 54.35 (48.06, 61.32) | – |
| Rural | 0 | 66.40 (63.00, 73.19) | 55.44 (52.12, 62.50) | – |
| Number needed to bypass (median (IQR)) | ||||
| Urban | – | 101.26 (93.16, 107.49) | 85.98 (78.73, 91.64) | 96.25 (88.11, 102.56) |
| Suburban | – | 83.18 (73.55, 95.71) | 68.17 (60.11, 78.72) | – |
| Rural | – | 31.47 (29.99, 32.96) | 32.12 (30.38, 34.28) | – |
CSC, comprehensive stroke center; mRS, modified Rankin Scale.