Evaluation of Socioeconomic Position and Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Korea Using Structural Equation Modeling.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between low socioeconomic position (SEP) and poor survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has not been thoroughly investigated.

Objectives

To evaluate the association between individual SEP and survival after OHCA and to identify any mediating pathways using structural equation modeling (SEM).

Design, setting, and participants

This is a retrospective cohort study that used data collected from January 2013 to December 2019. Participants were adults with OHCA with a presumed cardiac etiology. The study was conducted in Korea, which has a universal health insurance system. Data were analyzed from January 2022 to February 2023.

Exposures

Individual SEP was measured by insurance type (National Health Insurance [NHI] and medica

SUBMITTER: Choi DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature