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to quantify the resources and costs devoted to stroke care by primary, ambulatory, community
and hospital services, and by patients and their carers: this requires the development of the methodologies
both from a sociological and health economics perspective. Chris McKevitt has completed detailed site visits
to all centres and is developing proposals to address family and other networks employed in stroke care
across Europe. One paper has been submitted and a second is in draft form and 2 abstracts published.
to quantify the outcomes of care in terms of mortality, impairment, disability and patient QOL:
data are being collected in both the South London register and selected other BIOMED centres.
to quantify the relationship between patient outcomes and the resources and costs devoted to stroke care:
this requires the development of the methodologies to model the effect of resource shifts.
to develop protocols which describe how the overall resources devoted to stroke care can best
be deployed so as to improve the range of patient outcomes.
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