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Hence, we offer a comprehensive analysis encapsulating the entire stroke treatment path.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The quality-controlled, population-based Tyrolean Stroke Care pathway, recording all ischemic stroke cases in the entire federal state independent of treating hospital or department, was applied. Data from all patients (2019-2023) were analysed, which encompass information from stroke call activation to the time of recurrent stroke associated re-hospitalisation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>5733 ischemic stroke cases (men\/women 56.0%\/44.0%) were recorded with an incidence of first ever stroke of 133\/100,000 inhabitants. Men were numerically more likely to suffer a stroke during that time period (149 vs 118\/100,000 respectively). After adjusting for age, National Institute of Stroke Scale, and the pre-stroke modified Rankin Scale, no differences in pre-hospital stroke care, post-stroke rehabilitation access as well as most in-hospital metrics were seen. Still, women were less likely to be admitted to stroke units (odds ratio [OR] 0.89 [0.80, 1.00]) and less frequently underwent MRI (OR 0.85 [0.74, 0.96]) or echocardiography (OR 0.85 [0.76, 0.96]) during their hospital stay. However, women less frequently suffered serious post-stroke in-house complications (OR 0.80 [0.66, 0.97]). Upon follow-up, men had higher rates of all cause-mortality (OR 0.81 [0.69, 0.94]) as well as recurrent stroke-related re-admission (OR 0.63 [0.48, 0.83]).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Within a highly structured and quality-controlled stroke care pathway, disparities in stroke care between sexes are low. 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