Lower carotid revascularization rates after stroke in racial/ethnic minority-serving US hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to determine whether the use of carotid revascularization procedures after stroke due to carotid stenosis differs between minority-serving hospitals and hospitals serving predominantly white patients.

Methods

We identified ischemic stroke cases due to carotid disease, identified by ICD-9-CM codes, from 2007 to 2011 in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. The use of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) was recorded. Hospitals with ≥40% racial/ethnic minority patients (minority-serving hospitals) were compared to hospitals with <40% minority patients (predominantly white hospitals [hereafter, abbreviated to white]). Logistic regression was used to evaluate the use of CEA/CAS among minority-serving and white hospitals.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Faigle R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6556097 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature