Geographic Disparities in Case Fatality and Discharge Disposition Among Patients With Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 12; no. 10; p. e027403
• Main Authors: Bako, Abdulaziz T., Potter, Thomas, Pan, Alan, Tannous, Jonika, Rahman, Omar, Langefeld, Carl, Woo, Daniel, Britz, Gavin, Vahidy, Farhaan S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 16.05.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Cerebral Hemorrhage - therapy; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; geographic locations; health care disparities; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; mortality; Original Research; Patient Discharge; Retrospective Studies; mortality; health care disparities; cerebral hemorrhage; patient discharge; geographic locations

Background We evaluate nationwide trends and urban-rural disparities in case fatality (in-hospital mortality) and discharge dispositions among patients with primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Methods and Results In this repeated cross-sectional study, we identified adult patients (≥18 years of...