APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Fatal Bias? Patients with Low Socioeconomic Status Receive Delayed Medical Treatment and Show Lower Survival Rates When Suffering from an in-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
- Jens Agerstrom
Linnaeus University - Magnus Carlsson
Linnaeus University - Kristofer Årestedt
Linnaeus University - Anders Bremer
Linnaeus University - Johan Israelsson
Kalmar county hospital, Region Kalmar
Abstract
Register data (N = 24,351) reveal that patients with low socioeconomic status receive delayed medical treatment and survive less often when suffering from an in-hospital cardiac arrest even when controlling for ethnicity, age, gender, patient history/comorbidities, and situational factors, suggesting that medical staff may discriminate against patients with low SES.
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