Table 9

Key performance indicators of ischaemic stroke from Chinese Stroke Center Alliance in 2019

Key performance indicatorsTotalMaleFemale
Relative frequency% (95% CI)Relative frequency% (95% CI)Relative frequency% (95% CI)
Acute performance measures
 Intravenous rtPA ≤4.5 hours22 264/76 06729.3
(29.0 to 29.6)
14 362/4765330.1 (29.7 to 30.6)7901/28 41327.8
(27.3 to 28.3)
 Early antithrombotics248 732/288 78986.1
(86.0 to 86.3)
156 305/181 04686.3 (86.2 to 86.5)92 426/107 74085.8
(85.6 to 86.0)
 DVT prophylaxis13 295/81 95016.2
(16.0 to 16.5)
7283/48 17515.1 (14.8 to 15.4)6012/33 77317.8
(17.4 to 18.2)
 Dysphagia screen243 149/294 57382.5
(82.4 to 82.7)
152 360/184 41782.6 (82.4 to 82.8)90 787/110 15382.4
(82.2 to 82.6)
 Rehabilitation217 702/294 57373.9
(73.8 to 74.1)
136 012/184 41773.8 (73.6 to 74.0)81 689/110 15374.2
(73.9 to 74.4)
Discharge performance measures
 Antithrombotics253 491/285 99188.6
(88.5 to 88.8)
159 668/17938189.0 (88.9 to 89.2)93 822/106 60788.0
(87.8 to 88.2)
 Anticoagulants for AF9309/20 03846.5
(45.8 to 47.2)
4911/10 50246.8 (45.8 to 47.7)4398/953646.1
(45.1 to 47.1)
 BP lowering for HTN144 663/222 83864.9
(64.7 to 65.1)
88 283/137 38564.3 (64.0 to 64.5)56 380/85 45166.0
(65.7 to 66.3)
 Glucose-lowering for hyperglycaemic64 290/82 05378.4
(78.1 to 78.6)
37 252/47 77778.0 (77.6 to 78.3)27 038/34 27678.9
(78.5 to 79.3)
 Statin for LDL ≤100 or ND263 825/29150390.5
(90.4 to 90.6)
165 521/18258490.7 (90.5 to 90.8)98 303/108 91690.3
(90.1 to 90.4)
 Smoking cessation66 744/69 23496.4
(96.3 to 96.5)
64 013/66 24696.6 (96.5 to 96.8)2731/298891.4
(90.4 to 92.4)
Summary performance measures
 Composite score0.78±0.200.78±0.200.77±0.21
 All-or-none measure75 240/294 57325.5 (25.4 to 25.7)48 008/184 41726.0 (25.8 to 26.2)27 232/110 15324.7
(24.5 to 25.0)
  • AF, atrial fibrillation; BP, blood pressure; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; HTN, hypertension; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; rtPA, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.