Fig 1.
*Diagnoses were: Intracerebral hemorrhage 311, Subarachnoid hemorrhage 85, Subdural hematoma 4, Other conditions 2142, including TIA, planned hospitalizations for surgery, head trauma events, epilepsy, etc. EMS: Emergency Medical Services; ED: Emergency Department; HDR: Hospital Discharge Records.
Table 1.
Acute ischemic stroke patients characteristics (N = 1273).
Table 2.
Performances of HDR to identify acute ischemic stroke events.
Table 3.
Performances of HDR to identify t-PA treatments.
Table 4.
Description of the 375 discharges with acute ischemic stroke events not coded 433*1 e 434*1 in primary position (false-negative events).
Table 5.
Factors associated with correct coding of acute ischemic strokes in the hospital discharge records.
True-positive events (n = 898) versus false-negative events (n = 268).