Approaches to Studying Determinants of Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Stroke and Its Sequelae.

ABSTRACT: Disparities are differences in health outcomes among groups that originate from sources including historically experienced social injustice and broadly defined environmental exposures. Large health disparities exist, defined by many factors including race/ethnicity, sex, age, geography, and socioeconomic status. Studying disparities relies on measures of disease burden. Traditional measures, such as mortality, may be less applicable to neurological disorders, which often lead to substantial morbidity and lower quality of life, without necessarily causing death. Measures such as disability-adjusted life-years or healthy life expectancy may be more appropriate for assessing neurological disease and permit comparisons across diseases and communities. There are many approaches that can be used

SUBMITTER: Elkind MSV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7594194 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature