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Associations Between Measures of Structural Racism and Receipt of Acute Ischemic Stroke Interventions in the United States

Journal of the American Heart Association

Methods and ResultsIn this retrospective study using complete, deidentified inpatient Medicare data (20162019), we identified incident acute ischemic stroke admissions, demographics, and hospitallevel variables. Among 951 914 patients, rural hospitals demonstrated lower intensive care unit capacity (27.5% versus 0.11

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Abstract WMP106: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Ambulatory Status at Discharge Following Acute Ischemic Stroke: Findings From the Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Registry

Stroke Journal

The objective of our analysis was to determine if SDOH are associated with ambulatory status at discharge following acute ischemic stroke(IS) hospitalization.Methods:We included IS patients hospitalized from January 1, 2015-December 31, 2019 who were ambulating at baseline and had known county of residence in the GWTG registry.

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Abstract WP152: Associations between measures of structural racism and receipt of acute ischemic stroke interventions in the US

Stroke Journal

Methods:This retrospective analysis utilized complete, de-identified inpatient Medicare data from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2019. We included Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years with incident AIS admissions in large metropolitan and non-urban settings. vs. 88.6%), stroke certification (5.3% for TPA, 1.27 for TPA, 1.33

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