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Trends in survival and recovery from stroke: evidence from the National Long-Term Care Survey/Medicare data.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20093634     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Improvements in recovery rates may contribute to an increase in healthy life expectancy. It is unclear, however, whether such changes take place because health researchers traditionally deal with changes in incidence and survival from diseases. The purpose of this study was to test for the presence of time trends in the recovery rate from stroke.
METHODS: We compared age patterns of recovery rates from stroke evaluated in 2 subcohorts represented in the National Long-Term Care Survey data linked with the Medicare service use files.
RESULTS: We found a statistically significant increase in recovery rate between 1994 and 1999 for females but not for males.
CONCLUSIONS: Time trends in recovery rate from stroke exist and can be detected from available data. The roles of influential factors and causes of sex difference in recovery improvement deserve further studies.
Authors:
Anatoli Yashin; Igor Akushevich; Svetlana Ukraintseva; Lucy Akushevich; Konstantin Arbeev; Alexander Kulminski
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Letter; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2010-01-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation     Volume:  41     ISSN:  1524-4628     ISO Abbreviation:  Stroke     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-23     Completed Date:  2010-04-05     Revised Date:  2011-08-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0235266     Medline TA:  Stroke     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  563-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Factual / trends
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Long-Term Care / trends*
Male
Medicare / trends*
Recovery of Function* / physiology
Stroke / mortality*,  physiopathology,  therapy*
Survival Rate / trends
United States / epidemiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 AG027019-04/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG028259-05/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG032319-01/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG032319-02/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01AG027019/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01AG028259/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01AG032319/AG/NIA NIH HHS
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Comment In:
Stroke. 2010 Mar;41(3):415-6   [PMID:  20093632 ]

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