Impact of Insurance Status on Outcomes and use of Rehabilitation Services in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Medford Davis, Laura N ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Bhatt, Deepak L ^c   Xu, Haolin ^e   Smith, Eric E ^g   Suter, Robert ^h   Peterson, Eric D ^e,i   Xian, Ying ^e,i   Matsouaka, Roland A ^e,f   Schwamm, Lee H ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Health policy; Health services research; Insurance; Stroke, ischemic

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; STROKE PATIENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE REHABILITATION; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AMBULANCES; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85032565901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004282     Document Type: Article

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