Research Article
Imbalanced Regional Development of Acute Ischemic Stroke Care in Emergency Departments in China
Table 2
Comparison of characteristics in different regions.
| | Characteristics | Regions | value | | East () | Middle () | West () |
| | Daily medical attendance | | <500 | 99 (43.04) | 40 (47.62) | 58 (44.27) | 0.350 | | ≥500 | 131 (56.96) | 44 (52.38) | 73 (55.73) |
| | Numbers of physicians | | <7 | 54 (23.48) | 22 (26.19) | 37 (28.24) | 0.602 | | 7–12 | 51 (22.17) | 20 (23.81) | 35 (26.72) | | 12–21 | 61 (26.52) | 18 (21.43) | 33 (25.19) | | ≥21 | 64 (27.83) | 24 (28.57) | 26 (19.85) |
| | Profession | | Chief physician | 84 (36.52) | 16 (19.05) | 31 (23.66) | 0.429 | | Associate chief physician | 99 (43.04) | 38 (45.24) | 62 (47.33) | | Visiting doctor | 45 (19.57) | 23 (27.38) | 31 (23.66) | | Resident doctor | 0 (0) | 2 (2.38) | 1 (0.76) |
| | Green pathway | | Yes | 207 (90.00) | 65 (77.38) | 112 (85.50) | 0.015 | | No | 23 (10.00) | 19 (22.62) | 19 (14.50) |
| | Proportion of IS (%) | | <20 | 148 (64.35) | 50 (59.52) | 97 (74.05) | 0.060 | | ≥20 | 82 (35.65) | 34 (40.48) | 34 (25.95) |
| | Door-to-needle time (min) | | <30 | 27 (11.74) | 13 (15.48) | 15 (11.45) | 0.036 | | 30–60 | 138 (60) | 42 (50) | 59 (45.04) | | ≥60 | 65 (28.26) | 29 (34.52) | 57 (43.51) |
| | Onset-to-needle time (hours) | | <4.5 | 123 (53.48) | 32 (38.1) | 59 (45.04) | 0.151 | | 4.5–6.0 | 55 (23.91) | 25 (29.76) | 37 (28.24) | | ≥6 | 52 (22.61) | 27 (32.14) | 35 (26.72) |
| | Proportion of rtPA (%) | | <10 | 58 (25.22) | 33 (39.29) | 66 (50.38) | <0.001 | | 10–30 | 14 (6.09) | 3 (3.57) | 12 (9.16) | | 30–50 | 16 (6.96) | 8 (9.52) | 8 (6.11) | | ≥50 | 142 (61.74) | 40 (47.62) | 45 (34.35) |
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