Social determinants and pre-arrest care patterns associated with cardiac arrest and mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) on CA, including access to care pre-cardiac arrest (CA) can improve outcomes. Large databases, such as Epic Cosmos, can help identify trends in patient demographics and SDOH that identify gaps in care. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of CA and subsequent mortality in a large national database across patient demographics and social determinants and characterize pre-arrest care patterns.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study using a large national deidentified electronic health database (Epic Cosmos) with 227 million patients. Inclusion criteria was ED encounter for CA (ICD-10-CM: I46). Patient demographics and social determinants included age, sex, race, ethnicity, soc

SUBMITTER: Dillan MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11390319 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature