Therapy

Why?

• Patients who are admitted to stroke units are less likely to die, require institutional care or become dependent compared with admission to a general ward. ^a
• Patients on stroke units spend less time in hospital (on average 2 days fewer). ^a

Stroke units reduce death, dependency, and the need for institutional care

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
stroke a	admitted to stroke unit (usually within 7 days of onset)	admitted to general ward	death at 6-12 months	26%	0.83 (0.71 to 0.97)	29 (17 to 170)
			death or institutional care at 6-12 months	46%	0.77 (0.68 to 0.88)	16 (11 to 32)
			death or dependency at 6-12 months	62%	0.75 (0.65 to 0.87)	14 (9 to 30)