Postacute care and ischemic stroke mortality: findings from an integrated health care system in northern California.

Objective: To study the association of postacute care (PAC) settings and mortality outcome of patients who sustained an ischemic stroke.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: An integrated health care system in northern California.

Time to inpatient rehabilitation hospital admission and functional outcomes of stroke patients.

Objective: To study the association of time to inpatient rehabilitation hospital (IRH) admission and functional outcomes of patients who have had a stroke.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: A regional IRH.

Disparities in outpatient and home health service utilization following stroke: results of a 9-year cohort study in Northern California.

Objective: To examine whether there are disparities in utilization of outpatient and home care services after stroke.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: The Kaiser Permanente of Northern California health care system, which provides health care for approximately 3.