Geographic Access to Stroke Care Services in Rural Communities in Ontario, Canada

Geographic Access to Stroke Care Services in Rural Communities in Ontario, Canada

Optimal stroke care requires access to resources such as neuroimaging, acute revascularization, rehabilitation, and stroke prevention services, which may not be available in rural areas. We aimed to determine geographic access to stroke care for residents of rural communities in the province of Onta...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian journal of neurological sciences 2020-05, Vol.47 (3), p.301-308
Hauptverfasser: Kapral, Moira K, Hall, Ruth, Gozdyra, Peter, Yu, Amy Y X, Jin, Albert Y, Martin, Cally, Silver, Frank L, Swartz, Richard H, Manuel, Douglas G, Fang, Jiming, Porter, Joan, Koifman, Julius, Austin, Peter C
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Sprache:eng
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Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging
Rural areas
Speed limits
Stroke
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Zusammenfassung:Optimal stroke care requires access to resources such as neuroimaging, acute revascularization, rehabilitation, and stroke prevention services, which may not be available in rural areas. We aimed to determine geographic access to stroke care for residents of rural communities in the province of Ontario, Canada. We used the Ontario Road Network File database linked with the 2016 Ontario Acute Stroke Care Resource Inventory to estimate the proportion of people in rural communities, defined as those with a population size
ISSN:0317-1671
DOI:10.1017/cjn.2020.9