Insurance status and 1-year outcomes of stroke and transient ischaemic attack: a registry-based cohort study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although more than 95% of the population is insured by urban or rural insurance programmes in China, little research has been done on insurance-related outcome disparities for patients with acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA). This study aimed to examine the relationship between insurance status and 1-year outcomes for patients with stroke and TIA.

Methods

We abstracted 24 941 patients with acute stroke and TIA from the China National Stroke Registry II. Insurance status was categorised as Urban Basic Medical Insurance Scheme (UBMIS), New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) and self-payment. The relationship between insurance status and 1-year outcomes, including all-cause death, stroke recurrence and disability, was analysed using the shared fra

SUBMITTER: Gu HQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6074626 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature