Most US hospitals don't provide powerful acute stroke drug to Medicare patients
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:22
in Health & Medicine
Most U.S. hospitals did not give an approved acute stroke drug to any Medicare patients between 2005 and 2007, and a large portion of the general population does not have ready access to a hospital that provides the treatment to Medicare patients, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2009...
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