Table 3. Event characteristics of hospitalized OHCA patients.
| Variables | Total (n = 11000) |
Non-discharge (n = 8501) |
Discharge (n = 2499) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac rhythm on admission (n, %) | <0.001 | |||
| Non-VF | 9762(88.7) | 7925(93.2) | 1837(73.5) | |
| VF | 1238(11.3) | 576(6.8) | 662(26.5) | |
| Transfer to another hospital (n, %) | 817(7.4) | 469(5.5) | 348(13.9) | <0.001 |
| Length of hospital stay (mean, SD) | 13.3±30.5 | 10.2±28.9 | 23.6±33.2 | <0.001 |
| Calendar year (n, %) | 0.221 | |||
| 2007 to 2010 | 5505(50.0) | 4227(49.7) | 1278(51.1) | |
| 2011 to 2013 | 5495(50.0) | 4274(50.3) | 1221(48.9) |
OHCA: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; VF: ventricular fibrillation; SD: standard deviation.