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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2021

A Neurodisparity Index of Nationwide Access to Neurological Health Care in Northern Ireland.

Mark O McCarron, Mike Clarke, Paul Burns, Michael McCormick, Peter McCarron, Raeburn B Forbes, Luke V McCarron, Fiona Mullan, Ferghal McVerry

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mark O McCarronDepartment of Neurology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry, Ireland.
Mike ClarkeHSC Statistical and Methodological Support Service, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Ireland.
Paul BurnsDepartment of Neuroradiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Ireland.
Michael McCormickAcute Stroke Unit, Craigavon Hospital, Portadown, Ireland.
Peter McCarronThe Drug Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
Raeburn B ForbesDepartment of Neurology, Craigavon Hospital, Portadown, Ireland.
Luke V McCarronUniversity of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Fiona MullanDepartment of Neurology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry, Ireland.
Ferghal McVerryDepartment of Neurology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry, Ireland.
University of Ulster · GBAltnagelvin Area Hospital · GBRoyal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital · IEUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nationwide disparities in managing neurological patients have rarely been reported. We compared neurological health care between the population who reside in a Health and Social Care Trust with a tertiary neuroscience center and those living in the four non-tertiary center Trusts in Northern Ireland. Using the tertiary center Trust population as reference, neurodisparity indices (NDIs) defined as the number of treated patients resident in each Trust per 100,000 residents compared to the same ratio in the tertiary center Trust for a fixed time period. NDIs were calculated for four neurological pathways-intravenous thrombolysis (iv-tPA) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS), disease modifying treatment (DMT) in multiple sclerosis (MS) and admissions to a tertiary neurology ward. Neurological management was recorded in 3,026 patients. Patients resident in the tertiary center Trust were more likely to receive AIS treatments (iv-tPA and MT) and access to the neurology ward (

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disease modifying drugdisparitiesmechanical thrombectomymultiple sclerosisstrokethrombolysis (tPA)

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