Trends in Stroke Thrombolysis Care Metrics and Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity, 2003-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding is needed of racial and ethnic-specific trends in care quality and outcomes associated with the US nationwide quality initiative Target: Stroke (TS) in targeting thrombolysis treatment for acute ischemic stroke.

Objective

To examine whether the TS quality initiative was associated with improvement in thrombolysis metrics and outcomes across racial and ethnic groups.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study included patients who presented within 4.5 hours of ischemic stroke onset at hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke initiative from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2021. The data analysis was performed between December 15, 2022, and November 27, 2023.

Exposures

TS phases I (2010-2013),

SUBMITTER: Man S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10851100 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature