Effect of Public Reporting on the Utilization of Coronary Angiography After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public reporting of cardiovascular outcomes has been associated with risk aversion for potentially lifesaving procedures and may have spillover effects on nonreported but related procedures.

Methods and results

A cross-sectional analysis of the utilization of coronary angiography among patients presenting with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest between 2005 and 2011 in states with public reporting of percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes (New York and Massachusetts) versus neighboring states without public reporting of percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes (Delaware, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Maryland, and Rhode Island) was performed using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. We analyzed 50 125 admission records with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest between 2

SUBMITTER: Nathan AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9123930 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature