Immigration status and utilization of secondary preventive treatment after ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The objective of the study was to assess use and persistence of secondary preventive treatment after ischemic stroke comparing immigrants and Danish-born residents.

Patients and methods

A cohort of patients discharged with ischemic stroke (IS) diagnosis (n = 106,224) by immigration status was identified from the Danish Stroke Registry between 2005 and 2018. We investigated use (claiming at least one prescription in 180 days post-discharge according to information from the Register of Medicinal Products Statistics) and persistence of treatment within 180 days thereafter using multivariable logistic regression and Fine and Gray models.

Results

Overall, 82,078 Danish-born residents (80.6%) and 3589 (80.7%) immigrants with IS used at least one of the r

SUBMITTER: Mkoma GF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9720847 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature