Impact of processes of stroke care on in-hospital mortality after ischemic stroke.

*The organized stroke care index was created to represent different levels of access to organized stroke care ranging from 0 to 3 as determined by the presence of early rehabilitation, acute stroke team assessment, and admission to a stroke unit based on the report of Saposnik et al. (2009).
SCU, stroke care unit; t-PA, tissue plasminogen activator.