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# US mortality after CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest stayed above pre-2020 levels
- URL: https://www.coios.me/us-mortality-after-cpr-for-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest/
- Published: 2026-09-29T12:55:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-29T20:58:37.000Z
- Description: In 612,930 weighted US hospitalisations with CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest, risk-adjusted mortality fell to 2019, peaked in 2021 (aOR 1.26 against 2016) and stayed above pre-pandemic levels in 2022, and it was higher for Black, Hispanic and self-pay patients.
- Author: Daniel Ryan
- Tags: Healthcare today, Heart and stroke, Health funding and inequalities, United States, #preprint, #refines, #item, #source-2026-09

This preprint used the National Inpatient Sample to track in-hospital mortality after CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest in US adults from 2016 to 2022, adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic and hospital characteristics. Overall mortality was 67.8%, with adjusted odds lower in 2019 (aOR 0.89) and higher in 2020 (1.18) and 2021 (1.26) than in 2016\. Adjusted odds were also higher for Black (1.14), Hispanic (1.20) and self-pay patients (1.62).

*Why it is interesting: Adjusted mortality after in-hospital cardiac arrest rose in the pandemic years and had not returned to pre-pandemic levels by 2022, with a gradient by insurance status and ethnicity.*

Source

[medRxiv, 28 September 2026](https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.25.26364059?ref=coios.me)

DOI

10.64898/2026.09.25.26364059

Type

Preprint

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of 612,930 weighted US National Inpatient Sample hospitalisations with CPR after in-hospital cardiac arrest, 2016-2022

Verdict

Refines prior evidence

Driver

[Heart and stroke](https://www.coios.me/d-cardiovascular/)

Driver

[Health funding and inequalities](https://www.coios.me/d-health-inequality/)