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IHI Seminar: The association between immigration status and stroke care and short-term outcomes

11 January 2019

Date and time: Thursday, 17 Jan 2019, h.15:00-16:00. Venue: G01, Institute of Health Informatics, 222 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA Speaker: Manav Vyas

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Manav Vyas, MBBS MSc FRCPC, PhD student, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto and Clinical Associate, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
UCL Marmot Mahidol fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL

 

 

 

 

Learning objectives:


1. To understand health administrative databases in Ontario, Canada.
2. To compare the quality of stroke care received by immigrants and long-term residents.
3. To compare mortality and disability following stroke among immigrants and long-term residents.
4. To assess the effect of acculturation and the interaction with ethnicity.