Temporal trends and hospital-level variation of inhospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite significant attention to resuscitation care by hospitals, national data on trends in the incidence and survival of patients with inhospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) are limited.

Objective

To determine trends and hospital-level variation in the incidence and outcomes associated with IHCA. In exploratory analyses, we evaluated the relationship between hospital-level IHCA incidence and outcomes with general hospital-wide quality improvement activities.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study of 2,205,123 hospitalizations at 101 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals between 2008 and 2012.

Main outcomes

Risk- and reliability-adjusted hospital-level IHCA incidence and survival to hospital discharge.

Results

A total

SUBMITTER: Bradley SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312852 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature