Geographic Disparities in Stroke Outcomes and Service Access: A Prospective Observational Study

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Geographic Disparities in Stroke Outcomes and Service Access: A Prospective Observational Study

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

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International evidence shows that patients treated at nonurban hospitals experience poorer access to key stroke interventions. Evidence for whether this results in poorer outcomes is conflicting and generally based on administrative or voluntary registry data. The aim of this study was to use prospective high-quality comprehensive nationwide patient-level data to investigate the association between hospital geography and outcomes of patients with stroke and access to best-practice stroke care...

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Article

Date created

2022-07-26

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Thompson, Stephanie G / Barber, P Alan / Gommans, John H / Cadilhac, Dominique A / Davis, Alan / Fink, John N / Harwood, Matire / Levack, William / McNaughton, Harry K / Feigin, Valery L / Abernethy, Virginia / Girvan, Jacqueline / Kim, Joosup / Denison, Hayley / Corbin, Marine / Wilson, Andrew / Douwes, Jeroen / Ranta, Annemarei

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/25085

Related subjects

Aged / Female / Hospitalization / Humans / Male / Prospective Studies / Quality of Life / Stroke - epidemiology / Stroke - etiology / Stroke - therapy / Thrombectomy - methods / Treatment Outcome

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