Race and sex disparities in prehospital recognition of acute stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to examine prehospital provider recognition of stroke by race and sex.

Methods

Diagnoses at emergency department (ED) and hospital discharge from a statewide database in California were linked to prehospital diagnoses from an electronic database from two counties in Northern California from January 2005 to December 2007 using probabilistic linkage. All patients 18 years and older, transported by ambulances (n = 309,866) within the two counties, and patients with hospital-based discharge diagnoses of stroke (n = 10,719) were included in the study. Logistic regression was used to analyze the independent association of race and sex with the correct prehospital diagnosis of stroke.

Results

There were 10,719 patients discharged wi

SUBMITTER: Govindarajan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4355063 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature