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Explaining inequalities in health and health care after stroke |
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Department
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| There are unexplained inequalities in stroke mortality and other outcomes. | ||||||
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| The study will be based in south London, an area of marked social inequalities and with a high proportion of residents from minority ethnic groups. | ||||||
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| To improve on-going stroke care by developing a population beacon to monitor stroke inequalities in a multi-ethnic urban population, and to explain these inequalities from the perspective of patients, professionals and statutory organisations (NHS, local authorities). | ||||||
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| We will use South London Stroke Register retrospective data to investigate relationships between inequalities, health outcomes and service use. We will also conduct in-depth interviews with stroke patients, professionals and NHS and local authority managers to investigate factors which promote and hinder health after stroke, including access to/uptake of stroke services. Using these analyses we will identify possible strategies to address inequalities after stroke. Findings will be applicable to the delivery of stroke care in other urban areas and to other chronic disorders which particularly affect older people. | ||||||
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