Abstract
The article introduces the issue of the post-stroke disability assessment. In the Czech Republic, there is a gradual decrease in the number of disability assessments of stroke patients, despite non-decreasing incidence of stroke.
Specifically, the number of stroke patients treated in stroke centers per year remains consistent. This fact can be considered as the indirect evidence of good organization and improvement of complex medical care for stroke patients in the Czech Republic.
Based on the fourteen-years old analysis of disability assessment criteria for nervous system dysfunctions, authors recommend using scoring scales such as the modified Rankin scale (mRS) and Barthel index (BI) for this purpose to ensure more accurate objectification in the post-stroke invalidity assessment.