National surveillance of stroke quality of care and outcomes by applying post-stratification survey weights on the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke patient registry

Abstract Background The U.S. lacks a stroke surveillance system. This study develops a method to transform an existing registry into a nationally representative database to evaluate acute ischemic stroke care quality. Methods Two statistical approaches are used to develop post-stratification weights...

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Main Authors: Boback Ziaeian, Haolin Xu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Ying Xian, Yosef Khan, Lee S. Schwamm, Eric E. Smith, Gregg C. Fonarow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01214-z