Age-Related Differences in Characteristics, Performance Measures, Treatment Trends, and Outcomes in Patients With Ischemic Stroke
Key result
Improved quality of care narrows age-related treatment gaps in ischemic stroke over time.
Why the study?
Older patients with ischemic stroke differ in clinical characteristics and have higher in-hospital mortality than younger patients, with unclear trends in treatment and outcomes over time.
Population
Patients with ischemic stroke
Comparison
Older versus younger patients
Design
Other study design
Follow-up
In-hospital
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Implication
May encourage sustained quality metric adherence in stroke care; extends temporal trend data but leaves open mortality reduction strategies in older patients.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with ischemic stroke
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Outcome
In-hospital mortality and performance measure-based treatment rateshard clinical
Performance measure-based treatment rates for ischemic stroke have improved over time across all age groups, narrowing the age-related treatment gap despite higher in-hospital mortality in older patients.
Cite This Study
Fonarow et al. (2010) studied this question. Older patients with ischemic stroke have higher in-hospital mortality, but performance measure-based treatment rates improved over time across all ages, narrowing age-related treatment gaps.