Tag: socioeconomic factors

Study determines proximity to coal mines among non-medical factors potentially leading...

Research presented earlier this week at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) annual meeting (22–26 July, Colorado Springs, USA) has highlighted the effect of...

Stroke risk linked to climate, financial and medical vulnerability in US...

Worsening air quality and temperature extremes are linked to increased stroke burden, according to a study presented at this year’s Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery...

Higher income reduces stroke mortality risk by a third, new study...

New research, presented today at the 10th European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2024; 15–17 May, Basel, Switzerland), has revealed that high-income individuals have a...

Patients in lower socioeconomic status areas less likely to receive acute...

People who live in neighbourhoods with lower socioeconomic status are less likely to receive clot-busting medications or undergo mechanical thrombectomy procedures after they have...
spinal cord stimulation patient access

Current gaps and barriers in patient access to spinal cord stimulation

Maricela Schnur (St Luke’s Hospital, Duluth, USA) highlights a handful of socioeconomic disparities, racial differences, and psychological and psychiatric factors, that currently present difficulties...