Open AccessIndividual and System Contributions to Race and Sex Disparities in Thrombolysis Use for Stroke Patients in the United States
Author(s) -
Roland Faigle,
Victor Urrutia,
Lisa A. Cooper,
Rebecca F. Gottesman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.116.015056
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , stroke (engine) , race (biology) , demography , gerontology , myocardial infarction , gender studies , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering
Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) is underutilized in ethnic minorities and women. To disentangle individual and system-based factors determining disparities in IVT use, we investigated race/sex differences in IVT utilization among hospitals serving varying proportions of minority patients.
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