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Risk-Standardized Survival Rate for Adults with In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

CBE ID
3309
Endorsement Status
1.0 New or Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
Yes
Next Maintenance Cycle
Fall 2024
1.6 Measure Description

This measure estimates a hospital-level risk standardized survival rate (RSSR) for adult patients aged 18 years and older who experience an in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Measure Specs
General Information
1.7 Measure Type
1.7 Composite Measure
No
1.3 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
1.8 Level of Analysis
1.10 Measure Rationale

In-hospital cardiac arrest affects an estimated 300,000 adults annually in the United States with high morbidity and mortality. Survival rates after in-hospital cardiac arrest varies markedly across hospitals. While this may be, in part, due to differences in patient severity of illness across hospitals, it is also likely that such variation reflects hospital-level differences in resuscitation response, processes-of-care, and structures in place to treat cardiac arrest. To date, there has not been a risk-standardized survival rate measure for this population by which facilities can compare themselves to others. This measure is intended to fill that gap.

1.20 Types of Data Sources
1.25 Data Source Details

The American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry for IHCA . 

 

Abstractors enter data on patients with IHCA into the Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation (GWTG-R) registry.