[Stroke services are increasingly effective]. / Stroke-services toenemend effectief.

ABSTRACT

Since the first Consensus Statement on the treatment of stroke (UK, 1988) and the European Helsingborg Declaration on the treatment of stroke (1995), 69 stroke services have been geographically spread in the Netherlands; these consist of an integrated hospital stroke unit, a nursing home rehabilitation unit, and home care. The Dutch stroke services have improved their outcomes in a cost-effective way in comparison with the usual care. Consensus on patient-oriented outcomes--arranged in order of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health--is recommended.