Since the inception of this project, we have assembled a cohort of over 11,000 cerebrovascular disease patients whom we are able to follow for stroke outcomes and recurrent cerebrovascular events, as well as mortality.

This gives us tremendous power to detect associations with biological and social risk factors for stroke and stroke recovery.

Since 2008, we have consistently assessed neurologic, functional, cognitive, and quality of life outcomes. We will continue to explore trends in stroke outcomes. This information will be critically important to all populations to reduce the devastation of stroke. We will continue to make important observations useful for planning delivery of stroke care in communities.

We continue to investigate outcomes that are important to patients and their families using the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) as well as other measures. We will also examine post-stroke healthcare utilization to identify areas to improve stroke outcomes and reduce ethnic disparities. BASIC has been a very prolific study with more than 150 original peer-reviewed publications. With stroke rates increasing in younger populations, we have recently added surveillance and outcome ascertainment in those 35-44 years.

Indeed, this study is just beginning to provide the rich epidemiologic and clinical data that are necessary to control the epidemic of cerebrovascular disease. We know that this continued work will allow us to make contributions that will be directly useful for interventions to prevent stroke and improve stroke outcomes in all populations.