Geographic Disparities in Stroke Outcomes and Service Access: A Prospective Observational Study.

Stephanie G Thompson Peter Alan Barber John Henry Gommans Dominique Ann-Michele Cadilhac Alan John Davis John Newton Fink Matire Louise Ngarongoa Harwood William Mark Magnus Levack Harry Karel McNaughton Valery L Feigin Virginia Abernethy Jacqueline Girvan Joosup Kim Hayley J Denison Marine Corbin Andrew Wilson Jeroen Douwes Annemarei Ranta

Published in: Neurology (2022)

Patients managed at non-urban hospitals experience poorer stroke outcomes and reduced access to key stroke interventions across the entire care continuum. Efforts to improve access to high quality stroke care in non-urban hospitals should be a priority.

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