Analysis of stroke patient migration for mechanical thrombectomy and changes in neurointerventional center size in Germany
Analysis of stroke patient migration for mechanical thrombectomy and changes in neurointerventional center size in Germany (BMC).
To analyse nationwide changes in neurointerventional center size of all German hospitals performing mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in stroke patients from 2016 to 2019. Furthermore, we assessed cross-district patient migration for MT for the first time using hospitals
structured quality reports and German Diagnosis-Related Groups data in 2019.
[...]
Conclusion
The substantial increase in MT procedures observed in Germany between 2016 and
2019 was almost exclusively delivered by high-volume stroke centers performing
more than 100 MT procedures per year in established neurovascular networks.
[...]
Quelle: BMC, 07.06.2021
