Neighborhood income and stroke care and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate factors that may contribute to the increased stroke case fatality rates observed in individuals from low-income areas.

Methods

We conducted a cohort study on a population-based sample of all patients with stroke or TIA seen at 153 acute care hospitals in the province of Ontario, Canada, between April 1, 2002, and March 31, 2003, and April 1, 2004, and March 31, 2005. Socioeconomic status measured as income quintiles was imputed from median neighborhood income. In the study sample of 7,816 patients we determined 1-year mortality by grouped income quintile and used multivariable analyses to assess whether differences in survival were explained by cardiovascular risk factors, stroke severity, stroke management, or other prognostic factors.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Kapral MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3440450 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature