Medical Xpress July 18, 2024
Insurance-dependent racial and ethnic disparities and regional variations are seen in post-acute service utilization after stroke, according to a study published online July 17 in Neurology: Clinical Practice.
Shumei Man, M.D., Ph.D., from the Neurological Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study involving patients hospitalized for ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage in 2017 to 2018 using the National Inpatient Sample. Data were included for 1,000,980 weighted ischemic stroke admissions.
The researchers found that uninsured patients had the lowest adjusted odds of facility over home discharge and home health care (HHC) discharge over home without HHC (odds ratios, 0.44 and 0.79, respectively) compared with patients with private insurance.
Only Hispanic patients with Medicare/Medicaid insurance or self-pay...
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