Lower use of carotid artery imaging at minority-serving hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We determined whether site of care explains a previously identified racial disparity in carotid artery imaging.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, data were obtained from a chart review of veterans hospitalized with ischemic stroke at 127 Veterans Administration hospitals in 2007. Extensive exclusion criteria were applied to obtain a sample who should have received carotid artery imaging. Minority-serving hospitals were defined as the top 10% of hospitals ranked by the proportion of stroke patients who were black. Population level multivariate logistic regression models with adjustment for correlation of patients in hospitals were used to calculate predictive probabilities of carotid artery imaging by race and minority-service hospital status. Bootstrappin

SUBMITTER: Cheng EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3390541 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature