Five Years of Acute Stroke Unit Care: Comparing ASU and Non-ASU Admissions and Allied Health Involvement

Table 1

Percentage (number) of patients with stroke that received healthcare from Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Nutrition and Dietetic per year: ASU versus non-ASU.

Stroke patients	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
ASU patients	100% (446)	100% (488)	100% (497)	100% (537)	100% (557)
Physiotherapy	31% (137)	36% (177)	37% (185)	41% (222)	37% (204)
Speech Pathology	27% (120)	31% (150)	32% (158)	37% (200)	33% (183)
Occupational Therapy	27% (119)	30% (145)	31% (155)	31% (165)	28% (158)
Social Work	10% (44)	11% (55)	18% (88)	15% (82)	15% (83)
Nutrition and Dietetics	13% (58)	11% (55)	13% (63)	10% (56)	6% (33)
Non-ASU patients	100% (273)	100% (271)	100% (259)	100% (273)	100% (301)
Physiotherapy	63% (172)	58% (158)	56% (145)	63% (173)	53% (159)
Speech Pathology	44% (120)	37% (101)	36% (92)	42% (114)	26% (78)
Occupational Therapy	45% (123)	44% (118)	37% (97)	39% (107)	33% (99)
Social Work	32% (87)	34% (93)	36% (93)	38% (104)	37% (110)
Nutrition and Dietetics	25% (67)	25% (69)	18% (47)	23% (62)	18% (53)