Samson Marsha, Trivedi Tushar, Heidari Khosrow
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, 2nd Floor #10, Columbia, SC 29208. Email:
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 Dec 24;12:E227. doi: 10.5888/pcd12.150418.
Telestroke centers can increase access to proper and timely diagnosis and treatment of stroke, especially for rural populations, thereby reducing disability and death. Census tract information was used to map primary stroke centers geographically and to identify areas that would benefit from additional access to medical care via telestroke centers (health care facilities that provide information on stroke care from a distance). Results indicate that in 2013, approximately half of the South Carolina population did not have access to a primary stroke center within a 30-minute drive of their home, and 30% did not have access within 60 minutes. Increasing access to prompt evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke and improving long-term quality of life requires the addition of telestroke centers in areas without primary stroke centers and examination of the effects of these centers on stroke incidence and mortality in South Carolina.
远程卒中中心可以增加获得适当和及时的卒中诊断与治疗的机会，尤其是对农村人口而言，从而减少残疾和死亡。人口普查区信息被用于在地理上绘制初级卒中中心的地图，并确定那些可通过远程卒中中心（能从远处提供卒中护理信息的医疗保健设施）增加医疗服务可及性而受益的地区。结果表明，2013年，南卡罗来纳州约一半人口在其家30分钟车程内无法到达初级卒中中心，30%的人口在60分钟内无法到达。增加卒中的快速评估、诊断和治疗的可及性以及改善长期生活质量，需要在没有初级卒中中心的地区增设远程卒中中心，并研究这些中心对南卡罗来纳州卒中发病率和死亡率的影响。
