Influence of socioeconomic status and gender on stroke treatment and diagnostics

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2066-2072

  Arrich, Jasmin ^a   Müllner, Marcus ^b   Lalouschek, Wolfgang ^a   Greisenegger, Stefan ^a   Crevenna, Richard ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Female; Male; Social class; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47649128806     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.506147     Document Type: Article

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