Association between a hospital's rate of cardiac arrest incidence and cardiac arrest survival

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1186-1194

  Chen, Lena M ^a   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a   Spertus, John A ^b,c   Li, Yan ^b   Chan, Paul S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Saint Luke's Mid America Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880007628     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1026     Document Type: Article

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