The Impact of the Critical Care Resuscitation Unit on Quaternary Care Accessibility for Rural Patients: A Comparative Analysis.

Quincy K TranAnastasia TernovskaiaJessica V DowningMinahil CheemaTaylor KowanskyIsha VasheeJasjot SayalJasmine WuAditi SinghDaniel J Haase

Published in: Critical care research and practice (2024)

Thirty-five percent of patients transferred to the CCRU came from rural areas, which house 25% of the state population of Maryland. Patients transferred from rural counties to the CCRU faced greater transport distances, but they received the same level of care upon arrival at the CCRU and had the same odds of in-hospital mortality as patients transferred from urban hospitals.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
healthcare
prognostic factors
cardiac arrest