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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019 Aug 5;24(3):307–318. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1640324

Table 2:

Unadjusted associations patient-level and census-level determinants with study outcomes for total study population.

Prehospital Outcome (n=1335) In-hospital Outcomes (n=319)
Survival to Emergency Department Survival to Hospital Admission Survival to Hospital Discharge Survival to Hospital Discharge (CPC 1-2)
Patient Level Predictors Yes (n=734) No (n=601) P-value Yes (n=127) No (n=192) P-value Yes (n=52) No (n=267) P-value Yes (n=27) No (n=292) P-value
 Age, mean (SD) 65.2 (16.9) 67.6 (16.8) 0.009* 61.3 (17.0) 64.5 (17.4) 0.114 58.2 (20.0) 64.2 (16.8) 0.023* 52.0 (18.7) 64.3 (18.8) <0.001*
 Sex (% female) 290 (39.5) 251 (41.8) 0.404 48 (37.8) 74 (38.5) 0.893 18 (34.6) 104 (39.0) 0.5561 7 (25.9) 115 (39.4) 0.169
 Race:
  Black/African-American 235 (32.0) 115 (19.1) <0.001* 43 (33.9) 76 (39.6) 0.134 20 (38.5) 99 (37.1) 0.8128 11 (40.7) 108 (37.0) 0.862
  White 492 (67.0) 475 (79.0) 82 (64.6) 116 (60.4) 32 (61.5) 166 (62.2) 16 (59.3) 182 (62.3)
  Other/Unknown 7 (1.0) 11 (1.8) 2 (1.57) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.7)
 Witnessed Arrest: 477 (66.7) 63 (10.9) <0.001* 94 (74.0) 114 (59.4) 0.007* 43 (82.7) 165 (61.8) 0.004* 25 (92.6) 183 (62.7) 0.002*
 Witnessed Arrest by Lay Person: 272 (38.0) 38 (6.6) <0.001* 55 (43.3) 62 (32.3) 0.046* 28 (53.9) 89 (33.3) 0.005* 19 (70.4) 98 (33.6) <0.001*
 ROSC Prior to ED Arrival: 271 (36.9) 0 (0.0) <0.001* 88 (69.3) 20 (10.4) <0.001* 47 (90.4) 61 (22.9) <0.001* 25 (92.6) 83 (28.4) <0.001*
 Bystander AED: 47 (8.0) 21 (6.0) 0.248 7(5.5) 11 (5.7) 0.934 5 (9.6) 13 (4.9) 0.174 5 (18.5) 13 (4.5) 0.012*
 Bystander CPR: 320 (54.8) 80 (22.9) <0.001* 71 (55.9) 99 (51.6) 0.445 36 (69.2) 134 (50.2) 0.012* 19 (70.4) 151 (51.7) 0.063
 Shockable Initial Rhythm (VF/VT): 177 (24.5) 4 (0.7) <0.001* 42 (33.1) 36 (18.8) 0.004* 25 (48.1) 53 (19.9) <0.001* 13 (48.2) 65 (22.3) 0.003*
 Arrest at Home (vs. Public): 448 (61.0) 462 (76.9) <0.001* 68 (53.5) 139 (72.4) <0.001* 19 (36.5) 138 (70.4) <0.001* 8 (29.6) 199 (68.2) <0.001*
 Arrest Before EMS Arrival 613 (83.5) 598 (99.5) <0.001* 102 (80.3) 157 (81.8) 0.745 45 (86.5) 214 (80.2) 0.281 24 (88.9) 235 (80.5) 0.285
 Time of Day EMS Dispatch:
  Morning to Afternoon 304 (41.4) 302 (50.3) 0.001* 48 (37.8) 85 (44.3) 0.251 23 (44.2) 110 (41.2) 0.685 10 (37.0) 123 (45.1) 0.608
  Afternoon to Evening 430 (58.6) 299 (49.8) 79 (62.2) 107 (55.7) 29 (55.8) 157 (58.8) 17 (63.0) 169 (57.9)
 Time EMS Dispatch to Scene (min.) 7.66 (3.85) 7.14 (3.99) 0.016* 7.5 (3.6) 7.5 (3.6) 0.971 7.4 (3.9) 7.5 (3.5) 0.859 8.0(3.7) 7.44 (3.6) 0.409
 Time EMS On Scene (min.) --- --- --- 15.0 (6.4) 14.5 (5.2) 0.433 13.9 (5.1) 14.9 (5.9) 0.277 12.9 (4.4) 14.9 (5.8) 0.083
 Time Transport to ED (min.) --- --- --- 10.2 (7.3) 9.9 (6.4) 0.700 10.9 (9.0) 9.8 (6.3) 0.284 12.7 (9.6) 9.8 (6.4) 0.032*
 Transport Miles (mi.) --- --- --- 5.3 (4.9) 6.0 (5.2) 0.241 5.7 (5.7) 5.7 (4.9) 0.983 6.5 (6.1) 5.7 (5.0) 0.391
Census Level Predictors
 RUCA Classification:
  Urban Core (1.0) 572 (77.9) 384 (63.9) <0.001* 108 (85.0) 159 (82.8) 0.598 41 (78.9) 226 (84.6) 0.300 20 (74.1) 247 (84.6) 0.157
  Metropolitan Area (2.0) 162 (22.1) 217 (36.1) 19 (15.0) 33 (17.2) 11 (21.2) 41 (15.4) 7 (25.9) 45 (15.4)
 Percent Living Alone 30.9 (8.7) 28.2 (7.1) <0.001* 35.4 (10.5) 33.7 (9.6) 0.150 36.0 (11.1) 34.1 (9.7) 0.191 33.9 (8.4) 34.4 (10.1) 0.803
 Percent Uninsured 13.3 (5.1) 13.1 (5.4) 0.544 14.6 (4.9) 14.3 (4.7) 0.635 14.9 (4.7) 14.3 (4.8) 0.459 13.9 (4.3) 14.5 (4.8) 0.613
 Percent College Graduate 19.7 (9.2) 19.8 (7.9) 0.863 17.4 (9.4) 17.6 (9.6) 0.798 17.3 (8.8) 17.6 (9.7) 0.864 16.5 (7.1) 17.6 (9.7) 0.564
 Percent High School Graduate 87.6 (11.0) 89.1 (7.6) 0.006* 84.3 (12.5) 85.0 (12.3) 0.626 84.2 (10.7) 84.8 (12.7) 0.749 84.0 (10.1) 84.8 (12.6) 0.754
 Unemployment Rate 7.35 (5.2) 6.77 (4.5) 0.033* 9.35 (6.4) 8.73 (6.2) 0.383 9.29 (6.3) 8.92 (6.3) 0.697 8.42 (4.9) 9.03 (6.4) 0.631
 Percent of Families in Poverty 12.9 (9.9) 15.3 (11.0) <0.001* 21.0 (12.4) 18.3 (10.4) 0.034* 23.5 (12.8) 18.5 (10.8) 0.004* 21.0 (12.9) 19.2 (11.2) 0.419
 Percent 65 Years or Older 11.7 (6.0) 12.2 (5.7) 0.074 10.2 (6.9) 10.68 (6.1) 0.542 9.73 (6.9) 10.7 (6.3) 0.343 10.4 (8.0) 10.5 (6.3) 0.914
 Percent 85 Years or Older 1.70 (1.4) 1.74 (1.5) 0.593 1.48 (1.6) 1.54 (1.4) 0.736 1.38 (1.5) 1.54 (1.5) 0.478 1.47 (1.9) 1.52 (1.4) 0.879
 Percent Female 51.7 (3.5) 51.4 (3.8) 0.205 51.9 (3.4) 51.0 (4.0) 0.038* 52.3 (3.1) 51.2 (3.9) 0.064 52.2 (2.9) 51.3 (3.9) 0.255
 Percent Black or African American 24.7 (21.8) 20.8 (17.9) <0.001* 31.4 (25.3) 31.6 (24.7) 0.965 28.1 (22.3) 32.2 (25.3) 0.274 23.1 (14.4) 32.3 (25.5) 0.065
 Average Household Size 2.32 (0.3) 2.40 (0.2) <0.001* 2.23 (0.3) 2.26 (0.3) 0.391 2.21 (0.3) 2.26 (0.4) 0.369 2.24 (0.2) 2.25 (0.3) 0.889
 Percent Vacant Housing Units 11.3 (4.7) 11.1 (4.2) 0.419 13.0 (5.2) 12.9 (5.0) 0.919 13.5 (5.6) 12.8 (5.0) 0.355 11.9 (2.9) 13.0 (5.3) 0.296