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Service provision for stroke: The Greek paradox.
Journal of Vascular Nursing : Official Publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing 2017 September
Stroke remains a leading cause of mortality, as well as of subsequent serious long-term physical and mental morbidity. This places special demands for updated clinical excellence and optimum organization of stroke care services. Stroke units have been shown to improve patient outcomes. Thus, many western countries have developed and implemented sophisticated stroke facilities and corresponding public awareness strategies. These cannot be easily "translated" in Greece due to special features on the hospital administration system such as a unique rotation system for acute admissions and long-standing austerity. Yet, despite adverse conditions, clinicians within the Greek health care system have been exceeding themselves in their attempt to provide optimum care outcomes. An example of such efforts is the improvisation of stroke bays (SBs) as part of a medical or neurology ward, providing sophisticated treatments. New centralized policy decisions are now needed in order to improve stroke services nationwide. These should be tailored to the country's geography and health care mapping especially as there is already considerable technical knowhow and local efforts in place. A pragmatic solution would be to create a "grid" of services for stroke, by providing a comprehensive stroke centers in each of the two major cities and SBs at a prefectural level. Once these are established, more efforts should be taken to educate the public on stroke recognition and subsequently on facilities available.
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