Identifying high-risk geographic areas for cardiac arrest using three methods for cluster analysis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-146

  Sasson, Comilla ^a   Cudnik, Michael T ^b   Nassel, Ariann ^a   Semple, Hugh ^c   Magid, David J ^d   Sayre, Michael ^b   Keseg, David ^b   Haukoos, Jason S ^a,e   Warden, Craig R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CENSUSES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856862501     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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