Patient profiles contribute to differences in quality metrics of stroke centers

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

From the Department of Neurology (Ungerer, Begli, Heyse, Purrucker, Regula, Berberich, Nagel, Ringleb, Gumbinger), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg; from the Department of Neurology (Purrucker, Regula), GRN-Klinik Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany; and from the Stroke Unit, Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience (Ciolli), Ospedale Civile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.