Stroke care in Australia: why is it still the poor cousin of health care?

Hoffmann, Tammy C; Lindley, Richard I

doi:10.5694/mja12.11870

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Stroke prevention and management have changed, but most patients are not benefiting from these changes

The National Stroke Foundation’s recent rehabilitation services audit report confirms that only a small proportion of Australians receive evidence-based care.1 The gap between best evidence-based and actual care in many areas of stroke is staggering.

1 Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD.
2 School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
3 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
4 George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: thoffmann@bond.edu.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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