Delays in Emergency Care and Mortality during Major U.S. Marathons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Large marathons frequently involve widespread road closures and infrastructure disruptions, which may create delays in emergency care for nonparticipants with acute medical conditions who live in proximity to marathon routes.

Methods

We analyzed Medicare data on hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest among Medicare beneficiaries (≥65 years of age) in 11 U.S. cities that were hosting major marathons during the period from 2002 through 2012 and compared 30-day mortality among the beneficiaries who were hospitalized on the date of a marathon, those who were hospitalized on the same day of the week as the day of the marathon in the 5 weeks before or the 5 weeks after the marathon, and those who were hospitalized on the same day as the marat

SUBMITTER: Jena AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5558156 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature