Household income is associated with functional outcomes in a multi-institutional cohort of patients with ischemic stroke and COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of health disparities associated with socioeconomic status (SES) across the United States. We examined whether household income is associated with functional outcomes after stroke and COVID-19.

Materials and methods

This was a multi-institutional, retrospective cohort study of consecutively hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 and radiographically confirmed stroke presenting from March through November 2020 to any of five comprehensive stroke centers in metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, USA. Zip-code-derived household income was dichotomized at the Chicago median. Logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between household income and good functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale 0-3 at discharge, after

SUBMITTER: Stamm B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939399 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature