Original Contribution Explaining Racial Disparities in Incidence of and Survival from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
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1 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 2 Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY. 3 Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 4 Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY. 5 Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY. 6 New York City Fire Department, New York, NY. 7 Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services, Louisville, KY.
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Explaining racial disparities in incidence of and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
A prospective observational study of 4,653 consecutive cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) occurring in New York City from April 1, 2002, to March 31, 2003, was used to assess racial/ethnic differences in the incidence of OOHCA and 30-day survival after hospital discharge among OOHCA patients. The age-adjusted incidence of OOHCA per 10,000 adults was higher among Blacks than among p...
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