Published on in Vol 10, No 1 (2021): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/25374, first published .
Reducing Ethnic and Geographic Inequities to Optimise New Zealand Stroke Care (REGIONS Care): Protocol for a Nationwide Observational Study

Reducing Ethnic and Geographic Inequities to Optimise New Zealand Stroke Care (REGIONS Care): Protocol for a Nationwide Observational Study

Reducing Ethnic and Geographic Inequities to Optimise New Zealand Stroke Care (REGIONS Care): Protocol for a Nationwide Observational Study

Annemarei Ranta   1, 2 , MD, PhD, FRACP ;   Stephanie Thompson   1 , BPhty, MHealSc ;   Matire Louise Ngarongoa Harwood   3 , BSc, MBChB, PhD ;   Dominique Ann-Michele Cadilhac   4 , BSN, MPH, PhD ;   Peter Alan Barber   5 , MBChB, FRACP, PhD ;   Alan John Davis   6 , MBChB, MRCP, FRACP, FRACMA, Certificate of Health Science, Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics and Human Law ;   John Henry Gommans   7 , BHB, MBChB, FRACP ;   John Newton Fink   8 , MBChB, FRACP ;   Harry Karel McNaughton   9 , MBChB, Diploma Obstetrics, FRACP, FAFRM, PhD ;   Hayley Denison   10 , PhD ;   Marine Corbin   10 , MSc, PhD ;   Valery Feigin   11 , MD, MSc, PhD ;   Virginia Abernethy   12 , Dip OT ;   William Levack   1 , BPhty, MHealSc, PhD ;   Jeroen Douwes   10 , MSc, PhD ;   Jacqueline Girvan   13 , BSN ;   Andrew Wilson   14 , MBChB

1 Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

2 Department of Neurology, Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand

3 Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

4 Translational Public Health and Evaluation Division, Stroke and Ageing Research in the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

5 Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

6 Northland District Health Board, Whangārei, New Zealand

7 Hawke's Bay District Health Board, Hastings, New Zealand

8 Department of Neurology, Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand

9 Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand

10 Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

11 Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

12 Stroke Foundation of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand

13 Retired, Ashburton, New Zealand

14 Nelson-Malborough District Health Board, Neslon-Malborough, New Zealand

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