Background and Purpose—Stroke mortality has been declining since the early 20th century.
The reasons for this are not completely understood, although the decline is welcome. As a …

The increasing global stroke burden strongly suggests that currently implemented primary
stroke prevention strategies are not sufficiently effective, and new primary prevention …

In 2005, the American Stroke Association formed a task force on the development of stroke
systems to propose a new framework for stroke care delivery that would emphasize linkages …

Despite the global impact and advances in understanding the pathophysiology of
cerebrovascular diseases, the term “stroke” is not consistently defined in clinical practice, in …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine acute stroke hospitalization rates for
children and young adults and the prevalence of stroke risk factors among children and …

Importance While stroke mortality rates have decreased substantially in the past 2 decades,
this trend has been primarily limited to older adults. Increasing trends in stroke incidence …

Background and Purpose—Value-based health care aims to bring together patients and
health systems to maximize the ratio of quality over cost. To enable assessment of …

The formation and certification of Primary Stroke Centers has progressed rapidly since the
Brain Attack Coalition's original recommendations in 2000. The purpose of this article is to …

Background and Purpose—Stroke is an important contributor to maternal morbidity and
mortality, but there are no recent data on trends in pregnancy-related hospitalizations that …

Background Estimates for the average cost of stroke have varied 20-fold in the United
States. To provide a robust cost estimate, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the …