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Fig. 3

From: Quality assurance data for regional drip-and-ship strategies- gearing up the transfer process

Fig. 3

Proportion of drip-and-ship and direct-to-center among patients receiving EVT. The total number of patients receiving EVT throughout the years 2012 until 2019 in the federal state of Hesse, Germany is presented by the black dots and line graph. It shows an increase from n=287 in 2012 to n=984 in 2019. Patients directly admitted to a comprehensive stroke center with on-site mechanical thrombectomy service are referred to as ‘direct-to-center’, whereas patients first admitted to a primary stroke center and then transferred to a thrombectomy center are referred to as ‘drip-and-ship’

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