Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Emergency Medical Services Transport Among Hospitalized US Stroke Patients: Analysis of the National Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Registry
Mochari-Greenberger H, Xian Y, Hellkamp A, Schulte P, Bhatt D, Fonarow G, Saver J, Reeves M, Schwamm L, Smith E. Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Emergency Medical Services Transport Among Hospitalized US Stroke Patients: Analysis of the National Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e002099. PMID: 26268882, PMCID: PMC4599467, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAsianBlack or African AmericanChi-Square DistributionEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHispanic or LatinoHospitalizationHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPatient Acceptance of Health CareRegistriesSex FactorsStrokeTransportation of PatientsUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsEmergency medical servicesStroke patientsStroke symptomsEMS useRace/ethnicityHospitalized acute stroke patientsEmergency medical services transportWhite womenGuidelines-Stroke registryAcute stroke patientsMultivariable logistic regressionLevel of consciousnessSex differencesGuidelines-StrokeNational GetIschemic strokeStroke outcomePatient characteristicsPotential confoundersMedical historyEMS transportSex disparitiesPatientsHispanic menLogistic regression