Rural Stroke Patients Have Higher Mortality: An Improvement Opportunity for Rural Emergency Medical Services Systems.
Peter K GeorgakakosMorgan B SwansonAzeemuddin AhmedNicholas M MohrPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2020)
Rural stroke patients have higher mortality than their urban counterparts likely due to their increased burden of chronic disease, lower health literacy, and reduced access to prompt prehospital care. There may be an opportunity for emergency medical services systems to assist in increasing stroke awareness for both patients and clinicians and to establish response patterns to expedite emergency care.
Keyphrases
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