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Primary Stroke Center Hospitalization for Elderly Patients With Stroke Implications for Case Fatality and Travel Times
Information type:
Other primary research
Source:
JAMA Internal Medicine
Specialities:
Stroke
Summary
After controlling for confounding factors the researchers found that admission to a primary stroke centre was associated with a 1.8% lower 7-day death rate and a 1.8% lower 30 day death rate compared with those who had to travel at least 90 minutes to a specialist centre.
UKMi comment
A related editorial discusses the findings of the study.
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Editorial