Socioeconomic Risk Factors for Pediatric Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Statewide Analysis

Economic hardship is a major threat to children's health, implying that pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (pOHCA) might be promoted by lower incomes and child poverty. To target resources, it is helpful to identify geographical hotspots. Rhode Island is the smallest state by area in the...

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Published in:The western journal of emergency medicine 2023-04, Vol.24 (3), p.572-578
Main Authors: Kienbacher, Calvin Lukas, Wei, Guixing, Rhodes, Jason, Herkner, Harald, Williams, Kenneth A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac arrest
Child
Child poverty
COVID-19
COVID-19 - complications
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Family income
Humans
Original Research
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - epidemiology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - etiology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - therapy
Pandemics
Pediatrics
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Economic hardship is a major threat to children's health, implying that pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (pOHCA) might be promoted by lower incomes and child poverty. To target resources, it is helpful to identify geographical hotspots. Rhode Island is the smallest state by area in the United States of America. It has one million inhabitants and is comparable to many larger cities worldwide. We aimed to investigate the possible associations of pOHCA with economic factors and the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Our goal was to identify high-risk areas and evaluate whether the COVID-19 pandemic had an influence on delays in prehospital care. We analyzed all pOHCA cases (patients
ISSN:1936-900X
1936-9018
1936-9018
DOI:10.5811/westjem.59107