Rural versus urban academic hospital mortality following stroke in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in Canada. While stroke care has improved dramatically over the last decade, outcomes following stroke among patients treated in rural hospitals have not yet been reported in Canada.

Objectives

To describe variation in 30-day post-stroke in-hospital mortality rates between rural and urban academic hospitals in Canada. We also examined 24/7 in-hospital access to CT scanners and selected services in rural hospitals.

Materials and methods

We included Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) data on adjusted 30-day in-hospital mortality following stroke from 2007 to 2011 for all acute care hospitals in Canada excluding Quebec and the Territories. We categorized rural hospitals as those located in rural smal

SUBMITTER: Fleet R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5791969 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature