Publications by authors named "Marcel K Biegler"
Background And Purpose: Quality monitoring projects are useful tools to improve the quality and to assess temporal trends of stroke care in larger populations.
Methods: In Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a statewide, hospital-based, acute stroke care quality monitoring project was started in 2001. Initially, participation was mandatory for all hospitals with dedicated stroke units and from 2006 onward was mandatory for all hospitals.
Background And Purpose: There is no consensus about indicators for measuring quality of acute stroke care in Germany. Therefore, a standardized process was initiated recently to develop and implement evidence-based indicators for the measurement of quality of acute hospital stroke care.
Methods: Quality indicators were developed by a multidisciplinary board between November 2003 and December 2005.