Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Social networks and risk of delayed hospital arrival after acute stroke

  • Amar Dhand,
  • Douglas Luke,
  • Catherine Lang,
  • Michael Tsiaklides,
  • Steven Feske,
  • Jin-Moo Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09073-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Rapid arrival to hospital after stroke is critical for patients to receive effective treatment. Here, the authors examine how stroke patients’ social network structure relates to stroke arrival time, and show that small and close-knit personal networks predict delayed arrival.