Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Medical Management of Poststroke Complications Among Patients With Acute Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To inform clinical practice, we sought to identify racial and ethnic differences in the medical management of common poststroke complications.

Methods and results

A cohort of acutely hospitalized, first-time non-Hispanic White (NHW), non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic patients with stroke was identified from electronic medical records of 51 large health care organizations (January 1, 2003 to December 5, 2022). Matched propensity scores were used to account for baseline differences. Primary outcomes included receipt of medication(s) associated with the management of the following poststroke complications: arousal/fatigue, spasticity, mood, sleep, neurogenic bladder, neurogenic bowel, and seizure. Differences were measured at 14, 90, and 365 days. Subgroup analyses in

SUBMITTER: Simmonds KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10944023 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature