Table 1 Comprehensive stroke center score components and items.

1

Personnel*

Neurologists

2

Neurosurgeons

3

Endovascular physicians

4

Emergency medicine

5

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

6

Rehabilitation therapy

7

Stroke nurses

8

Diagnostic (24/7)

Computed tomography

9

Magnetic resonance imaging with diffusion

10

Digital cerebral angiography

11

Computed tomography angiography

12

Carotid duplex ultrasound

13

Transcranial Doppler

14

Specific expertise

Carotid endarterectomy

15

Clipping of intracranial aneurysm

16

Hematoma removal/draining

17

Coiling of intracranial aneurysm

18

Intra-arterial reperfusion therapy

19

Infrastructure

Stroke unit

20

Intensive care unit

21

Operating room staffed 24/7

22

Interventional services coverage 24/7

23

Stroke registry

24

Education

Community education

25

Professional education