Quality of hospital care in African American and white patients with ischemic stroke and TIA

• Published in: Neurology Vol. 66; no. 6; p. 809
• Main Authors: Jacobs, B S, Birbeck, G, Mullard, A J, Hickenbottom, S, Kothari, R, Roberts, S, Reeves, M J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 28.03.2006
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; African Americans - ethnology; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Chi-Square Distribution; European Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology; Female; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Ischemic Attack, Transient - ethnology; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Odds Ratio; Prospective Studies; Quality of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Registries - statistics & numerical data; Stroke - ethnology

To examine whether differences exist in the in-hospital diagnostic evaluation and treatment of African American and white patients with ischemic stroke (IS) and TIA. The authors used a state-wide hospital-based stroke registry prototype designed to measure and track the quality of acute stroke care....