Association between hospitalization and care after transient ischemic attack or minor stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the care and outcomes of patients with TIA or minor stroke admitted to the hospital vs discharged from the emergency department (ED).

Methods

We used the Ontario Stroke Registry to create a cohort of patients with minor ischemic stroke/TIA who presented to the hospital April 1, 2008, to March 31, 2009, or April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011, in the province of Ontario, Canada. We compared processes of care and outcomes (death or recurrent stroke/TIA) in patients admitted to the hospital and discharged with and without stroke prevention clinic follow-up.

Results

In our sample of 8,540 patients, the use of recommended interventions was highest in admitted patients, followed by discharged patients referred to prevention clinics, followed by those disch

SUBMITTER: Kapral MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4844241 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature