Long-Term Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Elderly Patients: An Analysis of Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival Data Linked to Medicare Files.
Long-Term Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Elderly Patients: An Analysis of Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival Data Linked to Medicare Files.
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DOI:
10.1161/circoutcomes.122.009042
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发表时间:
2022-10
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6.9
通讯作者:
Merritt, Robert
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Chan, Paul S.;McNally, Bryan;Chang, Anping;Girotra, Saket;Al-Araji, Rabab;Mawani, Minaz;Ahn, Ki Ok;Merritt, Robert
Most studies on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have primarily focused on in-hospital or short-term survival. Little is known about long-term outcomes and resource use among survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In this observationsl study, we describe overall long-term outcomes for patients from the national Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) linked to Medicare files to create the CARES-MECCA (Mortality, Events, and Costs for Cardiac Arrest survivors) dataset. CARES data between 2013–2019 were linked to Medicare data using probabilistic matching algorithms. Overall long-term mortality, readmissions, and index hospitalization costs are reported for the overall cohort. Among 56,425 patients who were 65 years of age or older in CARES who survived to hospital admission, 26,875 (47.6%) were successfully linked to Medicare files. Mean (± standard deviation) cost of the index hospitalization was $23,262 ± $24,199 and the median cost was $14,636 (interquartile range: $9930-$30,033). Overall, 8676 (32.3%) survived to hospital discharge with 38.0% discharged home, 11.8% to hospice care, and the remaining 50.2% to other inpatient, skilled nursing care, or rehabilitation facilities. Mortality after discharge was initially high (27.0% at 3 months) and then increased gradually, with 1- and 3-year mortality of 37.1% and 50.1%, respectively. During the first year, 40.1% were readmitted at least once, with 19.7% readmitted on more than one occasion. The CARES-MECCA registry includes rich data on post-discharge outcomes and resource utilization. Use of this dataset will enable future investigations on the long-term effectiveness, costs, and cost-effectiveness of various interventions for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in elderly patients.