Figure 1. Adjusted survival from cardiac arrest by race and hospital racial composition.
Controlling for patient (age, sex, comorbidites, inpatient concurrent diagnoses) and hospital factors (volume, ownership, teaching status, location, income, urban status, and cardiovascular procedure capability), survival by race is represented in each % black quintile. P values reflect within hospital comparisons by race. Across hospital (quintile 1 versus 5) adjusted survival was significant for blacks (p=.003) and whites (p=.006).