Comorbidity and outcomes among hospitalized patients with stroke: a nationwide inpatient analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to characterize healthcare utilization and comorbidity outcomes among hospitalized elderly stroke patients using a nationally representative dataset in the United States.

Methods

Using the 2019 National Inpatient Sample, patients aged 65 years or older with and without comorbidities who were hospitalized for acute stroke were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. Patient comorbidities were identified with the use of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Index. The prevalence of comorbidities, in-hospital mortality, length of stay, and total hospital costs were analyzed for these patients.

Results

Within 451,945 patients (mean age 78 years, 54.1% women, 73.7% white), we observed that more tha

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10616246 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature