Socioeconomic status and care after stroke: Results from the registry of the Canadian stroke network

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 477-482

  Huang, Kun ^a   Khan, Nadia ^b   Kwan, Allison ^a   Fang, Jiming ^d   Yun, Lingsong ^d   Kapral, Moira K ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network; secondary prevention; socioeconomic status; stroke care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEUROLOGIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AFTERCARE; AGED; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE;

EID: 84872933549     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.672121     Document Type: Article

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