Discharge to organized rehabilitation and nursing home after acute care for stroke. The role of age, handicap, specialisation of department and sex. Results of the stroke register…

Background and purpose: The stroke register Hesse started 1997 as a project of external quality control including internal and geriatric medicine (IG), neurology (NE) treating acute stroke patients (pat.). Besides medical data concerning the treatment of stroke demographic characteristics, discharge mode, and severity of handicap were collected. We hypothesised to obtain significant variations in discharge policy not only depending on age, handicap and sex but also depending on the specialization of the department. Methods: In the period from 1999–2005 data from 85,001 pat. were collected with transient ischaemi…