Medical facilities in the neighborhood and incidence of sudden cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical establishments in the neighborhood, such as pharmacies and primary care clinics, may play a role in improving access to preventive care and treatment and could explain previously reported neighborhood variations in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) incidence and survival.

Methods

The Cardiac Arrest Blood Study Repository is a population-based repository of data from adult cardiac arrest patients and population-based controls residing in King County, Washington. We examined the association between the availability of medical facilities near home with SCA risk, using adult (age 18-80) Seattle residents experiencing cardiac arrest (n = 446) and matched controls (n = 208) without a history of heart disease. We also analyzed the association of major medical centers n

SUBMITTER: Goh CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6467836 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature