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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-anesthesia-surgical-mortality
July 19, 2023 - Study
Classic
The role of anesthesia in surgical mortality … The role of anesthesia in surgical mortality. JAMA. 1961;178:261-6. … The authors of this study characterized the attributable mortality rate from anesthesia by examining … The role of anesthesia in surgical mortality. JAMA. 1961;178:261-6.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stakeholders-safety-patient-reports-unsafe-clinical-behaviors-distinguish-hospital-mortality
November 29, 2023 - Stakeholders in safety: patient reports on unsafe clinical behaviors distinguish hospital mortality … rates. … Stakeholders in safety: patient reports on unsafe clinical behaviors distinguish hospital mortality rates … Stakeholders in safety: patient reports on unsafe clinical behaviors distinguish hospital mortality rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47905/psn-pdf
April 03, 2019 - Ranking hospitals based on preventable hospital death
rates: a systematic review with implications for … both
direct measurement and indirect measurement through
standardized mortality rates. … Ranking Hospitals Based on Preventable Hospital Death
Rates: A Systematic Review With Implications for … Both Direct Measurement and Indirect Measurement
Through Standardized Mortality Rates. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ranking-hospitals-based-preventable-hospital-death-rates-systematic-review
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-adverse-effects-medical-treatment-mortality-united-states-secondary-analysis
November 11, 2020 - Study
Association of adverse effects of medical treatment with mortality in the United … The number of such deaths increased, but the US age-standardized mortality rate for deaths due to AEMT … The authors noted similar AEMT mortality rates for men as compared to women, significantly increased … AEMT mortality rates for those age 70 and older, and geographic variation with regard to age-standardized … AEMT mortality rates.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-variations-hospital-mortality-patterns-after-weekend-admission-reflect-reduced-quality
April 12, 2019 - Study
Classic
Do variations in hospital mortality patterns … Do variations in hospital mortality patterns after weekend admission reflect reduced quality of care … by analyzing daily mortality rates for the 7-day period following weekend admission. … weekend admission, implying that patient factors such as illness severity are the major contributor to excess … mortality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-rapid-response-teams-hospital-mortality-medicare-patients
September 23, 2020 - Study
Association of rapid response teams with hospital mortality in Medicare patients … Association of rapid response teams with hospital mortality in Medicare patients. … The aim of this study was to compare expected mortality rates with mortality rates following RRT implementation … rates and two showed higher-than-expected mortality, suggesting RRT may not reduce mortality rates as … Association of rapid response teams with hospital mortality in Medicare patients.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-pediatric-early-warning-system-all-cause-mortality-hospitalized-pediatric-patients
April 24, 2018 - Classic
Effect of a pediatric early warning system on all-cause mortality … Effect of a Pediatric Early Warning System on All-Cause Mortality in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: … The overall mortality rate in the study was less than 0.2%. … The authors suggest that this unexpectedly low mortality rate may have made it difficult to detect differences … rates in an intensive care unit.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reviewing-deaths-british-and-us-hospitals-study-two-scales-assessing-preventability
April 03, 2019 - Comparing two scales that assess preventability for mortality, this study found that there is high … variability among experts rating the preventability of the same mortality event. … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Ranking hospitals based on preventable hospital death … rates: a systematic review with implications for both direct measurement and indirect measurement through … standardized mortality rates.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33871/psn-pdf
December 22, 2018 - After
a dramatic reduction in maternal mortality over most of the 20th century, mortality rates began … movement has also paid limited attention to issues of health
equity, particularly the persistently higher death … rates among African American women. … Even California,
which has reduced its maternal mortality rate by half, has not seen substantial improvement … in magnitude
of the difference in mortality rates.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-morbidity-and-mortality-conferences-analysis-mortality-and-critical-events-intensive
December 02, 2020 - Study
Impact of morbidity and mortality conferences on analysis of mortality and … Impact of morbidity and mortality conferences on analysis of mortality and critical events in intensive … Structured morbidity and mortality conferences were an effective tool for identifying errors, system … Impact of morbidity and mortality conferences on analysis of mortality and critical events in intensive … April 6, 2016
The morbidity and mortality conference in pediatric intensive care as a
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/veterans-health-administration-stratification-tool-opioid-risk-mitigation-storm-shows
October 30, 2024 - Trends and statistics: overdose death rates. January 29, 2021. Accessed September 30, 2021. … https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates
Sandbrink F, Oliva EM, … Trends and statistics: overdose death rates. January 29, 2021. Accessed September 30, 2021. … https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates
Liberto JG. … Trends and statistics: overdose death rates. January 29, 2021. Accessed September 30, 2021.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42745/psn-pdf
October 31, 2014 - Do variations in hospital mortality patterns after weekend
admission reflect reduced quality of care … Do variations in hospital mortality patterns after weekend
admission reflect reduced quality of care … by analyzing daily mortality rates for the 7-day period following weekend admission. … weekend admission, implying that patient factors such as illness
severity are the major contributor to excess … mortality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-nursing-hospital-patient-mortality-focused-review-and-related-policy-implications
September 21, 2011 - Review
Impact of nursing on hospital patient mortality: a focused review and related … Impact of nursing on hospital patient mortality: a focused review and related policy implications. … The authors reviewed the literature and found seven categories of patient mortality determinants. … Impact of nursing on hospital patient mortality: a focused review and related policy implications.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/global-patient-outcomes-after-elective-surgery-prospective-cohort-study-27-low-middle-and
January 23, 2019 - Investigators found a significant rate of complications and a 0.5% mortality rate in the 7 days following … June 26, 2019
Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: retrospective … practice among operating room personnel from survey data is associated with all-cause 30-day postoperative death … rate in South Carolina. … September 24, 2017
Effect of day of the week on short- and long-term mortality after
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-pregnancy-related-mental-health-deaths-insights-14-us-maternal-mortality-review
November 10, 2021 - Preventing pregnancy-related mental health deaths: insights from 14 US maternal mortality … Preventing pregnancy-related mental health deaths: insights from 14 US maternal mortality review committees … Implementation of prescription drug monitoring programs associated with reductions in opioid-related death … rates. … February 15, 2023
The Uneven Burden of Maternal Mortality in the U.S.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overnight-stay-emergency-department-and-mortality-older-patients
March 05, 2025 - Study
Overnight stay in the emergency department and mortality in older patients. … Overnight stay in the emergency department and mortality in older patients. … In this prospective study, researchers compared the risk of in-hospital mortality among older patients … Findings indicate that patients who spent an overnight in the ED had a higher in-hospital mortality rate … Overnight stay in the emergency department and mortality in older patients.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perception-safety-surgical-practice-among-operating-room-personnel-survey-data-associated-all
February 07, 2018 - practice among operating room personnel from survey data is associated with all-cause 30-day postoperative death … rate in South Carolina. … Practice Among Operating Room Personnel From Survey Data Is Associated With All-cause 30-day Postoperative Death … Rate in South Carolina. … Rate in South Carolina.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-rapid-response-team-incidence-hospital-mortality
March 15, 2023 - Study
Effect of a rapid response team on the incidence of in-hospital mortality. … Effect of a rapid response team on the incidence of in-hospital mortality. … This study presents the changes of in-hospital mortality rates following implementation of RRT, introduction … Effect of a rapid response team on the incidence of in-hospital mortality. … Author(s)
Reduction in omission events after implementing a rapid response system: a mortality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mortality-due-hospital-acquired-infection-after-cardiac-surgery
February 12, 2020 - Study
Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery. … Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery. … When patients developing an HAI were matched with patients who did not, the inpatient mortality rate … Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery. … November 9, 2022
The physiology of failure: identifying risk factors for mortality in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-hospital-performance-patient-safety-and-30-day-mortality-and-unplanned
June 22, 2022 - Study
Association between hospital performance on patient safety and 30-day mortality … Experts have also raised concerns about the use of in-hospital mortality as a quality measure. … rates among patients with acute myocardial infarctions. … quality of care, the authors conclude that readmission and mortality rates do in fact reflect the quality … November 20, 2024
Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates