Table 1

Demographics of respondents and the participating organisations, and for all National Stroke Audit participants

Variable	Categories	n (106)	%	% in national audit
State/territory	ACT	1	0.9	0.9
	New South Wales	34	32.1	32.9
	Northern Territory	3	2.8	1.4
	Queensland	17	16.0	20.7
	South Australia	10	9.4	6.1
	Tasmania	4	3.8	2.8
	Victoria	24	22.6	26.3
	Western Australia	13	12.3	8.9
Funding	Public	93	87.7	92.5
	Private	7	6.6	7.5
	Mixed	6	5.7
Location	Metropolitan	59	56.2	75.6
	Regional	43	41.0	24.4
	Other	3	2.9
Unit	Stroke acute care only	28	26.7
	Acute and rehabilitation	39	37.1
	Rehabilitation only	32	30.5
	Other	6	5.7
No of patients per year	Less than 100	34	32.4
No of patients per year	100 or more	71	67.6
Profession	Medicine	16	15.2
	Nurse	60	57.1
	Physiotherapist	6	5.7
	Occupational therapist	12	11.4
	Speech pathologist	2	1.9
	Administration/clinical	1	1.0
	Other	8	7.6
Years’ experience	0–1	1	1.0
	2–5	12	11.4
	6–10	31	29.5
	11 or more	61	58.1

ACT, Australian Capital Territory.