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. 2022 Jul 1;14(7):e26505. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26505

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with EDCA and IPCA.

EDCA - emergency department cardiac arrest; IPCA - inpatient cardiac arrest

Variables, n (%) EDCA (n=13,239) IPCA (n=2,109) p-value
Primary payer
Medicare   392 (2.9%)   79 (3.8%)   <0.001
Medicaid   7,608 (57.5%)   1,253 (59.4%)   <0.001
Private insurance   3,270 (24.7%)   699 (33.1%)   <0.001
Self-pay 1,969 (14.9%) 78 (3.7%) <0.001
Hospital characteristics
Teaching hospital 7,933 (59.9%) 2,053 (97.4%) <0.001
Urban location 11,969 (90.4%) 1,907 (90.5%) 0.986
Pre-existing conditions
Asthma 324 (2.5%) 215 (10.2%) <0.001
Congenital heart disease 289 (2.18%) 293 (13.9%) <0.001
Diabetes mellitus 57 (0.4%) 30 (1.4%) 0.077
Epilepsy 192 (1.5%) 138 (6.5%) <0.001
Hyperlipidemia 10 (0.06%) 18 (0.8%) 0.049
Hypertension 58 (0.4%) 231 (11%) <0.001
Malignancy 23 (0.17%) 56 (2.7%) 0.002
Obesity 11 (0.06%) 19 (0.9%) 0.043
Renal failure 32 (0.24%) 34 (1.6%) 0.032
Sickle cell disease 49 (0.37%) 20 (0.9%) 0.207