Thrombolytic utilization for ischemic stroke in US hospitals with neurology residency program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to compare the rates of thrombolysis utilization for acute ischemic stroke in hospitals with neurology residency (NR) to those of other teaching (OT) and nonteaching (NT) hospitals.

Methods

A retrospective serial cross-sectional cohort study of a nationally representative sample of stroke patients was conducted. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited NR program-affiliated hospitals in the United States were cross-matched to the hospitals in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2000 to 2010. ICD-9-CM codes were used for case ascertainment.

Results

A total of 712,433 adult ischemic stroke patients from 6,839 hospital samples were included, of whom 10.1%, 29.1%, and 60.8% were treated in NR, OT, and NT hospitals, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Moradiya Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3854832 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature