2020
Trends Among Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries in Care Delivery and Outcomes for Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks, 2008-2017
Wilcock A, Zachrison K, Schwamm L, Uscher-Pines L, Zubizarreta J, Mehrotra A. Trends Among Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries in Care Delivery and Outcomes for Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks, 2008-2017. JAMA Neurology 2020, 77: 863-871. PMID: 32364573, PMCID: PMC7358912, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.0770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackAcute ischemic strokeIschemic attackAcute strokeStroke centersRural-urban disparitiesResidential zip codeIschemic strokeEnd-stage kidney diseaseRural-Urban Commuting Area codesDescriptive observational studyHealth care centersUrban Medicare beneficiariesQuality of careTraditional MedicareNeurologist evaluationOutcome patientsUrban patientsStroke careNeurology consultationKidney diseaseMean ageCare centerStroke systemsObservational study
2018
Participation in Get With the Guidelines–Stroke and Its Association With Quality of Care for Stroke
Howard G, Schwamm LH, Donnelly JP, Howard VJ, Jasne A, Smith EE, Rhodes JD, Kissela BM, Fonarow GC, Kleindorfer DO, Albright KC. Participation in Get With the Guidelines–Stroke and Its Association With Quality of Care for Stroke. JAMA Neurology 2018, 75: 1331-1337. PMID: 30083763, PMCID: PMC6248106, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.2101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue plasminogen activatorIschemic strokeQuality of careGuidelines-StrokeGWTG-StrokeMean ageNonparticipating hospitalsCare measuresRisk factorsPopulation-based cohort studyPlasminogen activatorLipid profile assessmentParticipants 45 yearsStroke risk factorsQuality Improvement ProgramEvidence-based interventionsExercise counselingNeurologist evaluationAntithrombotic therapyCohort studyAntithrombotic useStroke careMAIN OUTCOMELipid evaluationHospital