Association between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Nationwide Multilevel Observational Study

CONCLUSIONS: For patients diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke at the ED, low neighborhood SES is associated with low odds of receiving mechanical thrombectomy. Public health strategies should be developed to resolve these disparities and to decrease the health care burden of acute ischemic stroke.PMID:37013692 | DOI:10.1111/acem.14731

Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - April 4, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ki Hong Kim Young Sun Ro Sang Do Shin Seong Jung Kim Source Type: research