ABSTRACT
The provision of high-quality stroke care presents several challenges. Coordinated care by specialist staff is associated with reductions in mortality, dependence and length of stay (Stroke Unit Trialists Collaboration 1997). There is increasing pressure to incorporate emerging research evidence into clinical practice and introduce management practices which streamline the process of care to increase effectiveness or produce cost
savings. One way of achieving these objectives is to introduce ‘integrated care pathways’, a project network technique, which is gaining increasing popularity in health care delivery.
