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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. versus 88.6%), stroke certification (5.3% versus 38.4%), and rates of tissue plasminogen activator (1.6% versus 0.11

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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

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