Hospital use in survivors of transient ischaemic attack compared with survivors of stroke in central China: a nested case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is a lack of knowledge regarding post-discharge hospitalisation utilisation after transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in China. The aim of this study is to quantify rehospitalisation use in survivors of TIA compared with their own previous hospital use and matched survivors of stroke.

Design

Nested case-control study of electronic medical records datasets.

Setting

958 hospitals in Henan, China, from July 2012 to December 2015.

Participants

In total, 4823 survivors of stroke were matched to the TIA cohort (average age: 64.5 years; proportion of men: 48.4%) at a 1:1 ratio. All subjects with an onset of stroke/TIA were recorded with a 1-year look-back and follow-up.

Outcome measures

Adjusted difference-in-differences (DID) values in 1-year hos

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624025 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature