This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
BackgroundThe United States uses the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to monitor disease trends and inform clinical care/prevention research. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.
They looked at anonymous results for 57,531 adult patients who underwent pulmonary resection—removal of all or part of a lung—between January 2009 and June 2021. Of these patients, 758 developed blood clots that moved to the lungs after surgery. fold odds increase of VTE in patients with lung cancer specifically.
She is executive director of the Katz Institute for Women’s Health , the Partners Council Professor of Women’s Health and Professor of Cardiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Queens, New York.
We formed a workgroup comprised of stroke coordinators from across the Minnesota Stroke System to stratify the data by race, ethnicity, and insurance status and collectively identify ways to improve dysphagia screening for stroke patients.Methods:In 2021, MN Stroke Registry data was analyzed for dysphagia screening performance and compliance.
We then analyzed the racial and ethnic data of the trial participants and compared minority enrollment to the 2020 United States Census demographic estimates.Results:We examined 30 trials conducted from 1987 to 2021. Thirty percent of the trials did not report racial/ethnic data.
BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study is to examine the association between race and ethnicity and ischemic stroke severity in the United States.METHODS:We performed an analysis of adult hospital discharges in the National Inpatient Sample from 2018 to 2021 with a primary discharge diagnosis of ischemic stroke.
Introduction:Extensive evidence shows that social inequities create healthdisparities. Methods:We analyzed data on Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥65 years hospitalized with AIS from April 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP60-AWMP60, February 1, 2024. 0.66, high 0.67-1.0).Results:Among
Read the Health Equity Action Plan ACC's Diversity and Inclusion Hub, including the Heath Equity Resource Center Disparities in life expectancy, driven by race, geography, socioeconomic status and systemic inequities, have widened alarmingly from a 12.6-year years by 2021 in the U.S.1 year gap in 2000 to a staggering 20.4
A 2021 study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging focused on cardiac imaging trends over a decade. Worrell emphasized that the use of this technology by the VA is an important step toward addressing healthdisparities in this population. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death for US veterans.
The guideline recommends patient-centered efforts to address healthdisparities, such as intensified efforts to identify patients in at-risk populations for symptoms and signs of PAD, and equitable access to regular physical examinations including thorough assessment of the legs and feet.
With more than two decades of research experience, Boden-Albala is an internationally recognized expert in the social epidemiology of chronic disease whose research has focused on eliminating healthdisparities through defining and intervening on social support, structural and institutional barriers to optimal health.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join thousands of users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
40 
Let's personalize your content