Association of Racial Residential Segregation With Long-Term Outcomes and Readmissions After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT: Background The national impact of racial residential segregation on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes after initial resuscitation remains poorly understood. We sought to characterize the association between measures of racial and economic residential segregation at the ZIP code level and long-term survival and readmissions after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among Medicare beneficiaries. Methods and Results In this retrospective cohort study, using Medicare claims data, our primary predictor was the index of concentration at the extremes, a measure of racial and economic segregation. The primary outcomes were death up to 3 years and readmissions. We estimated hazard ratios (HRs) across all 3 types of index of concentration at the extremes measures for each outcome while adjusting fo

SUBMITTER: Abbott EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10727234 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature