Socioeconomic disparities in stroke case fatality - Observations from Riks-Stroke, the Swedish stroke register

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 429-436

  Lindmark, Anita ^a   Glader, Eva Lotta ^b   Asplund, Kjell ^b   Norrving, Bo ^c   Eriksson, Marie ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Outcome; Registers; Socioeconomic status; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHABITATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899987546     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12133     Document Type: Article

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