Regional health expenditure and health outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Japan: An observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Tsugawa, Yusuke ^a   Hasegawa, Kohei ^b   Hiraide, Atsushi ^c   Jha, Ashish K ^a,d,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RISK; REGIONAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SURVIVAL RATE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84941555813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008374     Document Type: Article

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