[WEB SITE] Stroke: systems of care and rehabilitation – The Lancet

Executive Summary

Stroke, the third leading cause of death and disability, requires timely delivery of best-practice care to improve patient outcomes. In high-income countries, major developments have streamlined systems of care and improved the speed of recognition, response, triage, and delivery of acute treatments. In low-income and middle-income countries, despite disparities in wealth, education, baseline health indicators, and funding of health-care expenditures, stroke services can be improved with a few adaptations and infrastructural remodelling. This three-part series discusses various aspects of stroke care, challenges, and opportunities for improvement of systems of care and highlights approaches for rapid uptake of evidence-based practice for rehabilitation. Finally, a call to action urges educators and the stroke rehabilitation clinical, research, and not-for-profit communities to work together for greater effect and to accelerate progress.

Series

• Stroke systems of care in high-income countries: what is optimal?Langhorne et alThe Lancet, Vol. 396, No. 1026Published: October 31, 2020 Full-Text HTML PDF
• Stroke systems of care in low-income and middle-income countries: challenges and opportunities Pandian et al. The Lancet, Vol. 396, No. 10260 Published: October 31, 2020 Full-Text HTML PDF
• Stroke rehabilitation in low-income and middle-income countries: a call to action Bernhardt et al. The Lancet, Vol. 396, No. 10260 Published: October 31, 2020 Full-Text HTML PDF

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