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Using the claims data from the Korean Health Insurance Service, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 58,418 newly diagnosed stroke patients aged \u2265 20 years from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. Extended hospital stay (\u22657 days; median value) following initial admission, readmission within 180 days after discharge, and all-cause mortality within 30 days were measured as health outcomes using multiple logistic regression analysis after adjusting for age, sex, income, residential area, and medical history. Stroke patients with a prehospital visit (10,992 patients, 18.8%) had a higher risk of long hospitalization (odds ratio = 1.06; 95% confidence interval = 1.02\u20131.10), readmission (1.19; 1.14\u20131.25), and mortality (1.23; 1.13\u20131.33) compared with patients without a prehospital visit. Female patients and those under 65 years of age had increased unfavorable outcomes (p &lt; 0.05). 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