Characteristics of patients with acute ischaemic stroke and physicians
| Total | Neurosurgery | Internal medicine | |
| Physicians, n=27 | |||
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 35.5 (7.8) | 41.9 (11.0) | 32.8 (3.8) |
| Men | 22 (81.5) | 7 (87.5) | 15 (78.9) |
| Mean (SD) experience of doctor (years) | 8.5 (7.5) | 14 (10.9) | 6.2 (3.3) |
| Patients, n=172 | |||
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 75.1 (11.5) | 74.9 (11.6) | 75.3 (11.5) |
| Men | 93 (54.1) | 38 (55.1) | 55 (53.4) |
| Admission day of week | |||
| Weekday | 155 (90.1) | 63 (91.3) | 92 (89.3) |
| Weekend | 17 (9.9) | 6 (8.7) | 11 (10.7) |
| Mean (SD) length of hospital stay (days) | 27.1 (18.5) | 25.3 (19.0) | 28.4 (18.1) |
Values are shown as numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise.