Hospital Variation in Time to Defibrillation After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

The article focuses on a study which focuses on the understanding of the hospital-level variation in rates of delayed defibrillation at acute-care hospitals in the U.S. It reveals that the adjusted rate of delayed defibrillation ranges from 2.4%-50.9% among hospitals. However, rates of delayed defibrillation through traditional hospital factors are largely unexplained. The result of the study reveals that the rates of delayed defibrillation varies among hospitals differently.