Inpatient statin use predicts improved ischemic stroke discharge disposition
Therapies Tuesday, May 29th, 2012Neurology.org: 5/22/2012.
Objective: To determine whether statin use is associated with improved discharge disposition after ischemic stroke.
Methods: We used generalized ordinal logistic regression to analyze discharge disposition among 12,689 patients with ischemic stroke over a 7-year period at 17 hospitals in an integrated care delivery system. We also analyzed treatment patterns by hospital to control for the possibility of confounding at the individual patient level. Read more
