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Table 5 Proportion of patients who received stroke quality of care processes by level of overall context

From: Hospital organizational context and delivery of evidence-based stroke care: a cross-sectional study

Overall hospital level context*

Received stroke unit care

Received thrombolysis†

Discharged on antihypertensives

Discharge care plan provided#

Median (Q1, Q3)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Cluster 1 (lower context), N = 4

69.0 (50.0, 75.5)

1.5 (0, 8.5)

52.0 (43.5, 57.5)

66.5 (26.0, 83.0)

Cluster 2 (higher context), N = 10

88.5 (64.5, 92.0)

5.5 (4, 11)

62.5 (60.0, 76.0)

30.5 (17.0, 58.0)

p value

0.03

0.20

0.03

0.44

  1. Q1 quartile 1, Q3 quartile 3
  2. *Overall context grouping was determined using exploratory cluster analysis to categorize units into two clusters based on responses to the Alberta Context Tool and excludes sites with < 8 responses (N = 5)
  3. †Includes only patients with ischemic stroke
  4. #Includes only patients discharged directly to the community from acute care
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