Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center & Forsyth Medical Center

[UnderTheLiveOaks]

Originally Posted by MrRational

Two such centers in one medium sized city implies either a LOT of demand
(the perhaps too subtle point of my original post) or a wasteful duplication of services.

They're both regional centers and hospitals are private businesses. They compete.

Or are you suggesting that strokes are a big problem in Winston, but not so much of a problem in Greensboro, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, Durham, High Point, etc.?

[arbyunc]

Perhaps some facts would help. NC is not among the worst states for stroke incidence. Not among the best, but certainly not the worst:


FIGURE. Age-adjusted prevalence of stroke* among noninstitutionalized adults aged ≥18 years,† by state — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2010

[UnderTheLiveOaks]

Originally Posted by arbyunc

Perhaps some facts would help. NC is not among the worst states for stroke incidence. Not among the best, but certainly not the worst:


FIGURE. Age-adjusted prevalence of stroke* among noninstitutionalized adults aged ≥18 years,† by state — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2010

There was also county level data in the link I posted. Strokes are pretty well distributed throughout the southeast.

[Jowel]

Also, since WF Baptist Medical Center is a major teaching hospital, as well as one for patients, it makes sense that a stroke treatment center would be located there, considering that stroke is a major cause of death and disability.

[LLN]

I grew up in Salisbury. Many of my parents' friends went to Winston all the time for their health care. Those hospitals draw from a wide area, not just WS.