Systematic review and meta-analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and race or ethnicity: Black US populations fare worse

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 619-638

  Shah, Keval Sv ^a   Shah, Anoop Sv ^b   Bhopal, Raj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

black population; cardiac care; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Ethnicity; fibrillation; heart attack; Hispanic; minority care; out of hospital cardiac arrest; race; South Asian; survival; tachycardia; white population

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900402543     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312451815     Document Type: Article

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