Are racial disparities in stroke care still prevalent in certified stroke centers?

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 383-388

  Bhattacharya, Pratik ^a   Mada, Flicia ^a   Salowich Palm, Leeza ^a   Hinton, Sabrina ^a   Millis, Scott ^a   Watson, Sam R ^b   Chaturvedi, Seemant ^a   Rajamani, Kumar ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Michigan Health and Hospital Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint Commission; primary stroke center; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877083574     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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