Implementation of a cross-sector stroke rehabilitation reform: embedded case study of municipalities and hospitals' perspectives in a Danish health region

Background: Concentration of acute care, early discharge, and moving care to the community are a global trend. In May 2012, the Central Denmark Region decided to transfer inpatient rehabilitation for stroke patients to the community, as part of a major stroke care reform. The objective was an integrated care pathway with early discharge stroke teams bridging the two sectors. The main tool was implementation of a collaboration agreement. This...