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. 2017 Jun 5;12(6):e0178793. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178793

Table 1. Cardiac arrest survival by patient type.

Number of Visits Inpatient Survival
N (%) % (95% CI)
All Visits 3,686,296 97.8 (97.7–97.8)
Any Cardiac Arrest (Diagnosis or CPR) 33,700 (0.8) 42.3 (41.8–42.9)
Arrest Diagnosis 28,954 (0.8) 44.9 (44.3–45.4)
    Present on Admission 12,245 (0.3) 51.5 (50.7–52.4)
    Not Present on Admission 16,971 (0.5) 39.9 (39.1–40.6)
Received CPR 15,644 (0.4) 31.4 (30.7–32.1)
Arrest Diagnosis and Received CPR 10,898 (0.3) 33.4 (32.5–34.3)

Data from 179 Vizient CDB/RM hospitals in 2012. Excludes hospitals with fewer than 25 eligible cardiac arrest cases. Excluding patients aged <18 years, prisoners, transfers, and hospice patients.