Health disparities and stroke: the influence of insurance status on the prevalence of patient safety indicators and hospital-acquired conditions.

CONCLUSIONS Insurance status is an independent predictor of patient safety events after stroke. Private insurance is associated with lower mortality, shorter lengths of stay, and improved clinical outcomes. PMID: 25658779 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25658779?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - February 6, 2015 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Fargen KM, Neal D, Blackburn SL, Hoh BL, Rahman M Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research