"HOSPITAL MORTALITY."

Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio

HSMR is calculated as a ratio of the actual number of deaths to the expected number of deaths among patients in acute care hospitals. An HSMR of 100 indicates there is no difference between the hospital’s mortality rate and the overall average rate. Therefore a rate greater than 100 means the hospital’s mortality rate is higher than the overall average and a rate lower than 100 means the hospit...

Hospital standardized mortality ratios.

Hospital Mortality Associated with Stroke in Southern Iran

Background: Unlike the western hemisphere, information about stroke epidemiology in southern Iran is scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the main epidemiological characteristics of patients with stroke and its mortality rate in southern Iran.Methods: A retrospective, single-center, hospital-based longitudinal study was performed at Nemazee Hospital in Shiraz, Southern Iran. Patients ...

Position statement - hospital mortality rates_briefing_statement_transport

The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is committed to ensuring that hospital care is safe, effective and provides the highest possible standard of clinical care. The first attempt to categorise hospitals by their mortality rates and make imputations about the quality of care delivered in them based on how many patients die, dates back to the seminal work of Florence Nightingale (best known for dra...

Hospital Staffing and Inpatient Mortality

Staff-to-patient ratios are a current policy concern in hospitals nationwide. Legislators in California and New York have imposed staffing requirements on hospitals that are estimated to cost hundreds of millions of dollars per year. These reforms were motivated by the presumption of a causal link between lower hospital staffing levels and adverse patient outcomes. However, the cited empirical ...