Adverse outcome after incident stroke hospitalization for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory

ConclusionIndigenous stroke patients have higher prevalence of comorbidities than non‐Indigenous stroke patients, which explained part of the disparity in both case fatality and long‐term survival but did not explain the disparity in stroke recurrence at all.

Source: International Journal of Stroke - September 9, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Vincent YF. He, John R. Condon, Jiqiong You, Yuejen Zhao, James N. Burrow Tags: Research Source Type: research