Adjusted association between per capita health expenditure at prefecture level and patients’ health outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, stratified by age group*
| Age 1–59 (N=91 108) | Age 60–79 (N=250 705) | Age 80–100 (N=276 341) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Month survival rate | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p Value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p Value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p Value |
| Tertile of prefecture-level health expenditure per capita | ||||||
| Low | Ref | Ref | Ref | |||
| Medium | 1.25 (1.01 to 1.55) | 0.04 | 1.32 (1.01 to 1.71) | 0.04 | 1.37 (1.07 to 1.74) | 0.01 |
| High | 1.29 (1.05 to 1.60) | 0.02 | 1.26 (0.99 to 1.61) | 0.06 | 1.39 (1.09 to 1.78) | <0.01 |
| Favourable neurological outcome at 1 month | Age 1–59 (N=90 996) | Age 60–79 (N=250 403) | Age 80–100 (N=276 091) | |||
| Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p Value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p Value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Tertile of prefecture-level health expenditure per capita | ||||||
| Low | Ref | Ref | Ref | |||
| Medium | 1.24 (0.98 to 1.57) | 0.07 | 1.30 (1.02 to 1.66) | 0.04 | 1.37 (1.10 to 1.70) | <0.01 |
| High | 1.27 (1.05 to 1.54) | 0.01 | 1.23 (1.01 to 1.50) | 0.04 | 1.46 (1.14 to 1.86) | <0.01 |
*Adjusted for age, sex, the interaction between age and sex, year indicators, aetiology of arrest (cardiac vs non-cardiac), initial cardiac rhythm (VF or pulseless VT), witness status, CPR by bystander and use of public-access AED by bystander.
AED, automated external defibrillator; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia.