Clinical evidence suggests that clustering stroke patients on a single care unit:
- Reduces the likelihood of death and disability by as much as 30% for men and women of any age with mild, moderate or severe stroke.
- Decreases the average length of stay by 4 days.
To learn more about how clustering stroke patients can improve patient outcomes, please read the following article:
Impact of a Stroke Unit on Length of Hospital Stay and In-Hospital Case Fatality, Zhu et al.