Disparities in evaluation at certified primary stroke centers: Reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1930-1935

  Mullen, Michael T ^a   Judd, Suzanne ^b   Howard, Virginia J ^b   Kasner, Scott E ^a   Branas, Charles C ^a   Albright, Karen C ^b,c,d   Rhodes, J David ^b   Kleindorfer, Dawn O ^e   Carr, Brendan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; disparities; stroke; stroke centers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA;

ACCESS TO CARE; DISPARITIES; STROKE; STROKE CENTERS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879893533     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000162     Document Type: Article

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