Stroke Quality Measures

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Stroke Quality Measures

Length of stay for stroke patients

According to the most recent national data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the average length of stay (ALOS) for stroke in the US was 6.4 days.

In 2006, the average length of stay for stroke patients at St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center was 3.07 days, which is better than the national ALOS for stroke in HCUP's Nationwide Inpatient Sample.