Urban-Rural Inequities in Acute Stroke Care and In-Hospital Mortality

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Examines rural/urban differences and trends in treatment patterns and outcomes for individuals hospitalized for stroke, including mortality rates, length of hospital stay, and discharge rates. Provides data and statistics on patient characteristics, such as age, race/ethnicity, comorbidities, use of thrombolytics and endovascular therapy, and more.

Gmerice Hammond, Alina Luke, Lauren Elson, Amytis Towfighi, Karen Joynt Maddox

Stroke, 51, 2131–2138

06/2020

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Cardiovascular disease · Health disparities · Hospitals · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data