Rurality and Area Deprivation and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Large regional variations in outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) exist.

Objective

To assess whether neighborhood rurality or economic deprivation where an OHCA occurred is associated with variation in emergency medical services (EMS) outcomes after OHCA.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data collated by ESO Inc on US adult patients (aged ≥18 years) with nontraumatic OHCA receiving chest compressions or defibrillation from EMS between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023.

Exposures

Rurality was assessed using Rural-Urban Commuting Area codes. Deprivation was assessed using the Area Deprivation Index. Both were derived from US Census data and grouped by EMS agency.

Main outcomes and measures

Outcomes we

SUBMITTER: Cheek L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12000968 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature