Large regional variation in cardiac closure procedures to prevent ischemic stroke in Switzerland a population-based small area analysis

• Nina Stoller,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Emergency Department, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Maria M. Wertli ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Maria.Wertli@ksb.ch

  Affiliations Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Baden, Baden, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6347-0198

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• Alan G. Haynes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Arnaud Chiolero,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Population Health Laboratory (#PopHealthLab), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

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• Nicolas Rodondi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Radoslaw Panczak,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Drahomir Aujesky

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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