Regional Deprivation, Stroke Incidence, and Stroke Care-An Analysis of Billing and Quality Assurance Data From the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate

CONCLUSION: These findings document a relationship between regional deprivation and the occurrence of acute ischemic stroke. Poorer GIMD 2010 scores were associated with worse care outcomes in a number of variables, but the absolute differences were small.PMID:33663687 | DOI:10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0149

Source: Deutsches Arzteblatt International - March 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Armin J Grau Sieghard Dienlin Dirk Bartig Werner Maier Florian Buggle Heiko Becher Source Type: research