Long-term survival benefit from treatment at a specialty center after cardiac arrest
Abstract Introduction The Institute of Medicine and American Heart Association have called
for tiered accreditation standards and regionalization of post-cardiac arrest care, but there is
little data to support that regionalization has a durable effect on patient outcomes. We tested
the effect of treatment at a high-volume center on long-term outcome after sudden cardiac
arrest (SCA). Methods We included patients hospitalized at one of 7 medical centers in
Southwestern Pennsylvania after SCA from 2005 to 2013. Centers were one regional …
for tiered accreditation standards and regionalization of post-cardiac arrest care, but there is
little data to support that regionalization has a durable effect on patient outcomes. We tested
the effect of treatment at a high-volume center on long-term outcome after sudden cardiac
arrest (SCA). Methods We included patients hospitalized at one of 7 medical centers in
Southwestern Pennsylvania after SCA from 2005 to 2013. Centers were one regional …