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Socioeconomic background plays vital role in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest – News-Medical.Net

Hospital in-patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to receive prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after their hearts stop beating…

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Hospital in-patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to receive prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after their hearts stop beating and less likely to survive than patients from higher socioeconomic backgrounds.
These are the findings of a new study in over 24,000 patients in Sweden, published in the European Heart Journal today (Monday). It is the first European study to investigate this and the first to show that socioeconomic status (SES), rather than other factors,…

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