Stroke Mortality and Race: Does Access to Care Influence Outcomes?

Volume: 333, Issue: 6, Pages: 327 - 332
Published: Jun 1, 2007
Abstract
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States. We investigated racial differences in death after hospital discharge for ischemic stroke in a large cohort of Veterans Health Affairs (VHA) stroke patients. We hypothesized that having access to VA care would ameliorate the excess stroke mortality rates in African-Americans (AA) reported in non-VA studies.Hospital administrative data were used to identify all patients discharged...
Paper Details
Title
Stroke Mortality and Race: Does Access to Care Influence Outcomes?
Published Date
Jun 1, 2007
Volume
333
Issue
6
Pages
327 - 332
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