Socioeconomic disparities in the utilization of mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke in US hospitals

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 553-556

  Brinjikji, Waleed ^a   Rabinstein, A A ^a   McDonald, J S ^a   Cloft, H J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED STATES; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896458018     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3708     Document Type: Article

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