ESOC 2026 | Where are the most significant inequities in the stroke care pathway?
Camila Pantoja-Ruiz, MPH, PhD(c), King’s College London, London, UK, discusses disparities in stroke care, highlighting that inequalities are now more prominent in follow-up and preventive care rather than acute stroke management. Dr Pantoja-Ruiz emphasizes the need to improve management of risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, and alcohol use before and after stroke to reduce long-term inequalities in care. This interview took place at the 12th European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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So in our research we have seen that acute care is actually not very unequal, which is a very good thing. We have seen that care has been very well standardized in the acute section. However, I think the larger inequalities are in the follow-up care and in the preventive care. So addressing factors as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, alcohol, all these before the stroke and after the stroke happens are the main areas that require attention in this moment because the acute care fortunately has been very equalized...
So in our research we have seen that acute care is actually not very unequal, which is a very good thing. We have seen that care has been very well standardized in the acute section. However, I think the larger inequalities are in the follow-up care and in the preventive care. So addressing factors as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, alcohol, all these before the stroke and after the stroke happens are the main areas that require attention in this moment because the acute care fortunately has been very equalized.
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