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Brendan G Carr¹, Jeremy M Kahn, Raina M Merchant

¹The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (UPENN SOM), USA. Brendan.Carr@uphs.upenn.edu

|October 28, 2008

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Hospital care quality varies for cardiac arrest survivors. Higher volume intensive care units (ICUs) show lower patient mortality, suggesting a volume-outcome relationship in post-cardiac arrest care.

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Intensive Care Medicine
Cardiology
Health Services Research

Background:

Post-cardiac arrest care variability impacts patient outcomes.
Understanding hospital-level variations in mortality is crucial for improving care.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine hospital-level variation in mortality for patients admitted to U.S. intensive care units (ICUs) with cardiac arrest.
To investigate the relationship between hospital volume and post-cardiac arrest patient outcomes.

Main Methods:

Utilized the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) IV dataset (2002-2005).
Identified patients with a primary ICU admission diagnosis of cardiac arrest.
Analyzed hospital-level mortality rates, adjusting for patient age and illness severity.

Main Results:

4674 patients from 39 hospitals were analyzed.
Overall in-hospital mortality was 56.8%.
Hospital mortality rates varied significantly (41%-81% unadjusted, 46%-68% adjusted).
Higher patient volume centers demonstrated significantly lower mortality rates.

Conclusions:

Significant hospital-level variation exists in severity-adjusted mortality for cardiac arrest patients.
A volume-outcome relationship was identified: higher volume ICUs are associated with lower mortality.
Further research is needed to identify specific hospital and patient care factors influencing survival.