Sex differences in profile and in-hospital mortality for acute stroke in Chile: data from a nationwide hospital registry
Marilaura Nuñez,
Ma.Ignacia Allende,
Francisca Gonzalez
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundKnowledge of local contextual sex-differences in the profile and outcome for stroke can improve service delivery. We aimed to determine sex-differences in the profile of patients with acute stroke and their associations with in-hospital mortality (I-HM) in the national hospital database of Chile.MethodsWe present a retrospective cohort based on the analysis of the 2019 Chilean database of Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs), which represents 70% of the operational expenditure of the public health system.… Show more
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