Strategies for Building and Improving State Stroke Systems of Care: A Brief Guide for State Health Decision-Makers and Practitioners

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.
• Description:
  Stroke systems of care (SSOCs) are designed to improve access to time-sensitive and lifesaving treatment for stroke victims. Since 2002, 38 states and Washington, DC, have adopted policies (i.e., legislation, regulations) to create and strengthen SSOCs.
  
  From 2019 to 2021, CDC conducted an impact analysis of 19 SSOC policy interventions and found that states with at least one SSOC policy in effect demonstrated better stroke outcomes than they might have achieved without such policies. CDC also completed case studies in three states to better understand how SSOC policies lead to better stroke outcomes. This brief guide outlines four strategies for success that state health decision makers and health organizations can use to build or improve a SSOC.
  
  ssoc_case_study-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Delivery Of Health Care Emergency Medical Services Patient Selection Stroke/diagnosis Stroke/therapy
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  7 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2d577c85880a411e4088c3c97b8b52bc461eb7eaf49ea64b0e6f3bbd8a4578521ee8d0a17796f6218051ca591768728aabbfdfe120f83f1db4809626a430fdbb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/138692/cdc_138692_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB ]