Socioeconomic disparities in stroke case fatality - Observations from Riks-Stroke, the Swedish stroke register
(2014) In International Journal of Stroke 9(4). p.429-436- Abstract
- Background Low socioeconomic status (low education and income level) has been found to be associated with increased stroke mortality. However, findings from previous studies on the association between socioeconomic status and case fatality (survival) after stroke have been inconsistent. Aims The study aims to explore the association between socio-economic status and survival after stroke using Riks-Stroke, the Swedish Stroke Register, with emphasis on changes in survival (in)equality with time after stroke. Methods All 76 hospitals in Sweden admitting acute stroke patients participate in Riks-Stroke. Riks-Stroke data on 18- to 74-year-old patients with onset of first stroke during the years 2001-2009 were combined with data from other... (More)
- Background Low socioeconomic status (low education and income level) has been found to be associated with increased stroke mortality. However, findings from previous studies on the association between socioeconomic status and case fatality (survival) after stroke have been inconsistent. Aims The study aims to explore the association between socio-economic status and survival after stroke using Riks-Stroke, the Swedish Stroke Register, with emphasis on changes in survival (in)equality with time after stroke. Methods All 76 hospitals in Sweden admitting acute stroke patients participate in Riks-Stroke. Riks-Stroke data on 18- to 74-year-old patients with onset of first stroke during the years 2001-2009 were combined with data from other official Swedish registers. Case fatality was analyzed by socioeconomic status (education, income, country of birth, and cohabitation) and other patient characteristics. Results Of the 62 497 patients in the study, a total of 6094 (9 center dot 8%) died within the first year after stroke. Low income, primary school education, and living alone were independently associated with higher case fatality after the acute phase. Differences related to income and cohabitation were present already early, at 8-28 days after stroke, with the gaps expanding thereafter. The association between education and case fatality was not present until 29 days to one-year after stroke. Dissimilarities in secondary preventative medications prescribed on discharge from hospital had only a minor impact on these differences. Conclusions Socioeconomic status had only a limited effect on acute phase case fatality, indicating minor disparities in acute stroke treatment. The survival inequality, present already in the subacute phase, increased markedly over time since the stroke event. The socioeconomic differences could not be explained by differences in secondary prevention at discharge from hospital. Large socioeconomic differences in long-term survival after stroke may exist also in a country with limited income inequity. (Less)
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- Lindmark, Anita ; Glader, Eva-Lotta ; Asplund, Kjell ; Norrving, Bo LU and Eriksson, Marie
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- stroke, outcome, socioeconomic status, case fatality, registers
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- International Journal of Stroke
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- 9
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- 429 - 436
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- 1747-4949
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- 10.1111/ijs.12133
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- English
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abstract = {{Background Low socioeconomic status (low education and income level) has been found to be associated with increased stroke mortality. However, findings from previous studies on the association between socioeconomic status and case fatality (survival) after stroke have been inconsistent. Aims The study aims to explore the association between socio-economic status and survival after stroke using Riks-Stroke, the Swedish Stroke Register, with emphasis on changes in survival (in)equality with time after stroke. Methods All 76 hospitals in Sweden admitting acute stroke patients participate in Riks-Stroke. Riks-Stroke data on 18- to 74-year-old patients with onset of first stroke during the years 2001-2009 were combined with data from other official Swedish registers. Case fatality was analyzed by socioeconomic status (education, income, country of birth, and cohabitation) and other patient characteristics. Results Of the 62 497 patients in the study, a total of 6094 (9 center dot 8%) died within the first year after stroke. Low income, primary school education, and living alone were independently associated with higher case fatality after the acute phase. Differences related to income and cohabitation were present already early, at 8-28 days after stroke, with the gaps expanding thereafter. The association between education and case fatality was not present until 29 days to one-year after stroke. Dissimilarities in secondary preventative medications prescribed on discharge from hospital had only a minor impact on these differences. Conclusions Socioeconomic status had only a limited effect on acute phase case fatality, indicating minor disparities in acute stroke treatment. The survival inequality, present already in the subacute phase, increased markedly over time since the stroke event. The socioeconomic differences could not be explained by differences in secondary prevention at discharge from hospital. Large socioeconomic differences in long-term survival after stroke may exist also in a country with limited income inequity.}},
author = {{Lindmark, Anita and Glader, Eva-Lotta and Asplund, Kjell and Norrving, Bo and Eriksson, Marie}},
issn = {{1747-4949}},
keywords = {{stroke; outcome; socioeconomic status; case fatality; registers}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{429--436}},
publisher = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
series = {{International Journal of Stroke}},
title = {{Socioeconomic disparities in stroke case fatality - Observations from Riks-Stroke, the Swedish stroke register}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12133}},
doi = {{10.1111/ijs.12133}},
volume = {{9}},
year = {{2014}},
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