Association Between Hospital Process Composite Performance and Patient Outcomes After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Survival rates after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) vary significantly among US centers; whether this variation is owing to differences in IHCA care quality is unknown.

Objective

To evaluate hospital-level variation to determine whether hospital process composite performance measures of IHCA care quality are associated with patient outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

Using data from the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation (GWTG-R) program, we analyzed 35 283 patients 18 years or older with IHCA treated at 261 US hospitals from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2012. We calculated the hospital process composite performance score for IHCA using 5 guideline-recommended process measures. Opportunity-based scores wer

SUBMITTER: Anderson ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545891 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature