Insurance status and 1-year outcomes of stroke and transient ischaemic attack: A registry-based cohort study in China

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Gu, Hong Qiu ^a   Li, Zi Xiao ^a   Zhao, Xing Quan ^a   Liu, Li Ping ^a,b   Li, Hao ^a   Wang, Chun Juan ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Rao, Zhen Zhen ^c   Wang, Chun Xue ^a   Pan, Yue Song ^a   Wang, Yi Long ^a   Wang, Yong Jun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN DISORDERS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

health insurance; outcomes; stroke; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAILTY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGED; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CHINA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85053037526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021334     Document Type: Article

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