“…Recent work in stroke has attempted to predict the influence of post-stroke dysphagia and other patient factors on unfavorable outcomes. There is an association of post-stroke dysphagia with increased mortality [ 22 , 28 , 30 , 34 , 37 , 56 – 58 ], overall unfavorable outcome [ 34 , 35 , 58 ], greater dependency [ 30 , 36 , 57 ], longer length of stay [ 33 , 36 ], less likely to discharge home [ 35 , 36 , 57 , 58 ], and modified diet or reliance on tube feeding [ 22 , 35 , 43 , 57 ]. Longer length of stay due to dysphagia may occur in patients whose medical evaluation is completed, but the medical team is waiting to see if the dysphagia will resolve or a percutaneous gastrostomy tube is needed, as many skilled nursing facilities will not admit patients reliant to tube feeding, but without a permanent feeding tube.…”