Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Medicine and Health Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Medical Specialties

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Journal

2017

Anticoagulants

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences

Stroke Quality Measures In Mexican Americans And Non-Hispanic Whites, Darin B. Zahuranec, Lynda D. Lisabeth, Jonggyu Baek, Eric E. Adelman, Nelda M. Garcia, Erin C. Case, Morgan S. Campbell, Lewis Morgenstern Apr 2017

Stroke Quality Measures In Mexican Americans And Non-Hispanic Whites, Darin B. Zahuranec, Lynda D. Lisabeth, Jonggyu Baek, Eric E. Adelman, Nelda M. Garcia, Erin C. Case, Morgan S. Campbell, Lewis Morgenstern

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Mexican Americans (MAs) have been shown to have worse outcomes after stroke than non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), but it is unknown if ethnic differences in stroke quality of care may contribute to these worse outcomes. We investigated ethnic differences in the quality of inpatient stroke care between MAs and NHWs within the population-based prospective Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) Project (February 2009- June 2012). Quality measures for inpatient stroke care, based on the 2008 Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center definitions were assessed from the medical record by a trained abstractor. Two summary measure of overall quality were also created …