Shumei Man

Nov 19, 2024 | ahajournals.org | Shumei Man

Research Article Free Access In the United States, 97% of land is rural, with a population of 66 million.1 Stroke incidence is 23% to 30% higher in rural areas than in urban areas.2 Despite the overall improvement in stroke care and decline in stroke mortality over the past decades, rural-urban gaps increased from 2008 to 2017.2–4 Studies using administrative data have shown that rural patients with stroke, when compared with urban patients, receive less thrombolytic treatment and have higher...

Feb 7, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Shumei Man |Nicole Solomon |Brian Mac Grory

Key PointsQuestion  Did thrombolysis metrics and outcomes improve for all patients following implementation of the Target: Stroke quality initiative, or were there disparities across racial and ethnic groups? Findings  This cohort study of more than 1 million patients with stroke showed substantial improvements in thrombolysis frequency, timeliness, and outcomes across all races and ethnicities during the 2010-2021 Target: Stroke period.