Rates of in-hospital cardiac arrest vary widely across US institutions

The incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest among Medicare beneficiaries varied widely across U.S. hospitals, with the rates lowest in minor teaching hospitals and facilities with higher rates of nurse staffing, researchers reported.
Tyler P. Rasmussen, MD, PhD, chief fellow in the department of internal medicine at the University of Iowa, and colleagues analyzed in-hospital cardiac arrests among 4.5 million Medicare beneficiaries admitted to a U.S. hospital from 2014 to 2017.
During the study period, there were 38,630 cases of in-hospital cardiac arrest (mean age, 76 years; 43% women; 69%

The incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest among Medicare beneficiaries varied widely across U.S. hospitals, with the rates lowest in minor teaching hospitals and facilities with higher rates of nurse staffing, researchers reported.
Tyler P. Rasmussen, MD, PhD, chief fellow in the department of internal medicine at the University of Iowa, and colleagues analyzed in-hospital cardiac arrests among 4.5 million Medicare beneficiaries admitted to a U.S. hospital from 2014 to 2017.
During the study period, there were 38,630 cases of in-hospital cardiac arrest (mean age, 76 years; 43% women; 69%