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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-pregnancy-related-deaths-united-states-2011-2015-and-strategies-prevention-13
September 06, 2023 - This analysis found that black women had rates of maternal mortality 3.5 times that of white women; Native … A recent Annual Perspective on maternal safety touched on the persistently higher death rates among … February 15, 2023
The Uneven Burden of Maternal Mortality in the U.S. … September 15, 2021
Racial disparities in maternal mortality. … January 23, 2019
Reversing the rise in maternal mortality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-approach-morbidity-and-mortality-conference
July 22, 2020 - Study
Classic
A systems approach to morbidity and mortality … A systems approach to morbidity and mortality conference. … Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conferences are designed to explore systems that contribute to medical … A systems approach to morbidity and mortality conference. … June 18, 2019
Morbidity and mortality conference in emergency medicine residencies and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-hospital-adverse-events-and-hospital-performance-30-day-all-cause
June 22, 2022 - Relationship between in-hospital adverse events and hospital performance on 30-day all-cause mortality … Relationship between in-hospital adverse events and hospital performance on 30-Day all-cause mortality … Unplanned hospital readmission and 30-day all-cause mortality rates are indicators of hospital safety … Relationship between in-hospital adverse events and hospital performance on 30-Day all-cause mortality … February 24, 2016
Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/925.html
August 01, 2024 - August 13, 2024
AHRQ Stats: Sepsis-Related Mortality Before and During COVID-19 Between 2016 and 2019 … , the in-hospital mortality rate for sepsis was declining (14.4 to 11.9 percent of sepsis hospitalizations … With the emergence of COVID-19, the 2021 in-hospital mortality rate for sepsis increased to rates above … Sepsis alert systems, mortality, and adherence in emergency departments: a systematic review and meta-analysis … in PSNet's current issue , including recent cases and commentaries and AHRQ’s WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-adjusted-cumulative-sum-early-detection-hospitals-excess-perioperative-mortality
August 14, 2019 - Risk-adjusted cumulative sum for early detection of hospitals with excess perioperative mortality … Risk-adjusted cumulative sum for early detection of hospitals with excess perioperative mortality. … rates. … reporting, suggesting more frequent data collection can reduce perioperative mortality. … Risk-adjusted cumulative sum for early detection of hospitals with excess perioperative mortality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/independent-mortality-review-cardiac-surgery-st-georges-university-hospitals-nhs-foundation
May 24, 2023 - Book/Report
Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at St George’s University … Citation Text:
Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at St George’s University Hospitals … Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust … This report examines cardiac surgery patient mortality at a National Health Service Trust over a 5- … rates in England, 2013-20: an observational study of NHS privatisation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/day-discharge-does-not-impact-hospital-readmission-after-major-cardiac-surgery
October 16, 2019 - November 25, 2020
Ranking hospitals based on preventable hospital death rates: a systematic … review with implications for both direct measurement and indirect measurement through standardized mortality … rates. … April 3, 2019
Weekend specialist intensity and admission mortality in acute hospital … July 31, 2013
Weekend versus weekday admission and mortality from myocardial infarction
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhacrate2013.html
November 01, 2015 - mortality and costs. … As shown in Exhibit 1 we estimate that pressure ulcers are associated with an excess mortality rate of … Zhan and Miller estimated that excess mortality due to pressure ulcers was 72 deaths per 1,000 pressure … Mortality for patients with pressure ulcer was compared to mortality among a matched set of patients, … For example, pressure ulcers had a high baseline prevalence, and excess mortality attributed to pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-cvd.html
June 01, 2018 - Groups With Disparities:
The death rates for Blacks were better compared with Whites when hospitalized … The death rates for Blacks and Whites were similar for hospital admissions with coronary artery bypass … Trends: From 2001 to 2013, the risk-adjusted inpatient mortality rate for hospital admissions with heart … Groups With Disparities: In 9 of 12 years, Black patients had lower inpatient mortality rates than Whites … Achievable Benchmark:
The 2008 top 4 State achievable benchmark for inpatient heart attack mortality
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/sepsis-report-to-congress.html
September 01, 2024 - pandemic led to a noticeable rise in sepsis-related hospitalizations, hospital costs, and in-hospital mortality … to conduct a comprehensive set of studies that calculate the morbidity, hospital readmissions, and mortality … to Congress highlights health disparities and geographic variation in sepsis caseloads, in-hospital mortality … rates, and total hospital costs, which are all opportunities for targeted initiatives to improve patient … State variation in hospital utilization for sepsis and associated costs, and in-hospital mortality rate
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-misadventures-errors-and-mistakes-and-motor-vehicular-accidents-disproportionate
March 05, 2025 - misadventures as errors and mistakes and motor vehicular accidents in the disproportionate burden of childhood mortality … misadventures as errors and mistakes and motor vehicular accidents in the disproportionate burden of childhood mortality … Structural racism in the healthcare system and beyond contributes to disproportionally high mortality … In this study, researchers compared mortality rates of Black and white infants using the International … misadventures as errors and mistakes and motor vehicular accidents in the disproportionate burden of childhood mortality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-and-mortality-after-acute-myocardial-infarction-study-medicare-beneficiaries
September 13, 2023 - Study
Safety culture and mortality after acute myocardial infarction: a study of … Safety Culture and Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Study of Medicare Beneficiaries at … They found no association between 30-day AMI mortality and safety culture scores. … July 1, 2016
Variability in the measurement of hospital-wide mortality rates. … January 25, 2023
Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-pediatric-donor-heart-utilization-predictive-analytics
September 30, 2024 - to assess the likelihood of successful pediatric heart transplants in real-time can reduce waitlist mortality … Burden
Quality Improvement
Pediatric heart transplant candidates have the highest waitlist mortality … rate among all organ transplants, with an alarming 14 percent mortality rate. … seeks to optimize donor-recipient matching, reduce unnecessary heart refusals, and improve waitlist mortality … rates for pediatric patients.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33851/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - A 2017 meta-analysis included 97 studies
comparing mortality between weekend and weekday admissions, … by analyzing daily mortality rates for the 7-day period following weekend
admission. … risk for the full 7 days after weekend admission, suggesting
that these patients experienced excess … mortality primarily because they were more severely ill at the time
of presentation. … rates
were increased for patients arriving over the weekend.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb308-hospital-sepsis-2019-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Outcomes (average length of stay, average hospital cost,
and in-hospital mortality rates) are reported … ■ From 2019 to 2021, the in-
hospital mortality rate for sepsis
stays (not involving COVID-19) … rates. … Large hospitals (300 or more beds) had the highest in-hospital mortality rates for sepsis stays … Calculations
Mortality rate
The mortality rate per 100 sepsis inpatient stays is calculated as follows
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unexpected-increased-mortality-after-implementation-commercially-sold-computerized-physician
September 23, 2020 - Study
Classic
Unexpected increased mortality after implementation … Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order … rates after implementation. … Even after adjustment for mortality variables, CPOE was independently associated with 3.28 greater odds … for mortality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/should-operations-be-regionalized-empirical-relation-between-surgical-volume-and-mortality
August 04, 2021 - The empirical relation between surgical volume and mortality. … The empirical relation between surgical volume and mortality. N Engl J Med. 1979;301(25):1364-9. … This study evaluated nearly 1500 hospitals to determine the relationship between their mortality rates … between volume and mortality. … The empirical relation between surgical volume and mortality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variation-hospital-mortality-associated-inpatient-surgery
August 02, 2015 - Study
Classic
Variation in hospital mortality associated … Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery. … Significant variation in mortality rates between hospitals after certain surgeries has been documented … Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery. … April 21, 2015
Surgeon age and operative mortality in the United States.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-admitted-weekends-have-higher-hospital-mortality-those-admitted-weekdays-analysis
January 26, 2022 - Study
Patients admitted on weekends have higher in-hospital mortality than those … Patients admitted on weekends have higher in-hospital mortality than those admitted on weekdays: analysis … rates compared to patients admitted on weekdays. … The authors suggest that improved staffing and availability of procedures may improve mortality. … Patients admitted on weekends have higher in-hospital mortality than those admitted on weekdays: analysis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-leapfrog-safe-practices-score-and-hospital-mortality-major-surgery
September 29, 2017 - Study
Association between Leapfrog safe practices score and hospital mortality in … Association between Leapfrog safe practices score and hospital mortality in major surgery. … rates. … Furthermore, CPOE and ICU physician staffing were also not associated with mortality rates. … Association between Leapfrog safe practices score and hospital mortality in major surgery.