Economic Evaluation of a Pre-Hospital Protocol for Patients with Suspected Acute Stroke

[摘要] BackgroundIn regional and rural Australia, patients experiencing ischemic stroke do not have equitable access to an intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). Although thrombolysis with tPA is a clinically proven and cost-effective treatment for eligible stroke patients, there are few economic evaluations on pre-hospital triage interventions to improve access to tPA.

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] stroke;acute stroke;economic evaluation;pre-hospital protocol;thrombolysis