1 is an Associate Professor of Neurology and a Vascular Neurologist; is a Professor of Biostatistics; and is a Professor of Neurology and Chief of Neurology; all at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. is a Vascular Neurology Nurse Practitioner; is a Research Analyst; is a Senior Researcher; and is a Senior Researcher and Neurologist; all at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Teresa Damush is a Research Professor of Medicine; and Linda Williams is a Professor of Neurology; both at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis.
Veterans who develop an in-hospital stroke and those who present to the emergency department with stroke symptoms received similar care, but some differences suggest the need to better standardize stroke care regardless of care setting.