Relationship between stroke and mortality in dialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Stroke is common in patients undergoing long-term dialysis, but the implications for mortality after stroke in these patients are not fully understood.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

A large cohort of dually-eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) patients initiating dialysis from 2000 to 2005 and surviving the first 90 days was constructed. Medicare claims were used to ascertain ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes occurring after 90-day survival. A semi-Markov model with additive hazard extension was generated to estimate the association between stroke and mortality, to calculate years of life lost after a stroke, and to determine whether race was associated with differential survival after stroke.

Results

The cohort consisted of 69,371

SUBMITTER: Wetmore JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4284406 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature