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Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care vs alternative service

Death or institutional care by the end of · adults with acute stroke

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care probably leads to lower death or institutional care by the end of scheduled compared with alternative service (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke: network meta‐analysis 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.76 [0.67, 0.85]
25 studies · 4887 participants
Moderate

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care vs alternative service

Poor outcome by the end of scheduled · adults with acute stroke

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care probably leads to lower poor outcome by the end of scheduled compared with alternative service (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke: network meta‐analysis 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.77 [0.69, 0.87]
26 studies · 5336 participants
Moderate

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care vs alternative service

Death by the end of scheduled · adults with acute stroke

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care probably leads to lower death by the end of scheduled compared with alternative service (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke: network meta‐analysis 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.76 [0.66, 0.88]
29 studies · 5902 participants
Moderate

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care vs alternative service

Death or dependency · adults with acute stroke

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care probably leads to lower death or dependency by the end of scheduled compared with alternative service (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke: network meta‐analysis 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.75 [0.66, 0.85]
24 studies · 4854 participants
Moderate

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care vs alternative service

Health status and quality of life · adults with acute stroke

1 finding from 1 review

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke: network meta‐analysis 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 843 participants
Very low

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care vs alternative service

Participant satisfaction or preference · adults with acute stroke

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke: network meta‐analysis 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care vs alternative service

Length of hospital stay · adults with acute stroke

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care showed no clear difference in length of stay (days) in a hospital or institution (Analysis 1.5) compared with alternative service (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke: network meta‐analysis 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
SMD 0.16
19 studies · 4162 participants
Low