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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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-opioid.pdf
February 20, 2020 - Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other
Than Methadone
Although opioid-related overdose death … rates are higher for Whites and rates vary by gender within
racial groups, Blacks are experiencing … ◆ Despite non-Hispanic Whites having the highest mortality rate due to synthetic opioids other than … ◆ From 2013 to 2017, non-Hispanic Blacks had an 18-fold increase in mortality due to synthetic
opioids … 2013 to 2017, Hispanics had a 12.3-fold increase and non-Hispanic Whites
had a 9.2-fold increase in 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/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/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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/scottish-audit-surgical-mortality
September 13, 2017 - Multi-use Website
Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality. … Citation Text:
Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality. … Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. … The Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality (SASM) facilitates the peer review of all surgical deaths in … Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
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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/racial-disparities-maternal-mortality
June 17, 2020 - Commentary
Racial disparities in maternal mortality. … Racial disparities in maternal mortality. New York Univ Law Rev. 2020;95(5):1229-1318. … Racial disparities in maternal mortality. New York Univ Law Rev. 2020;95(5):1229-1318. … August 17, 2022
The Uneven Burden of Maternal Mortality in the U.S. … September 15, 2021
Racial/ethnic inequities in pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/magnitude-and-modifiers-weekend-effect-hospital-admissions-systematic-review-and-meta
November 25, 2020 - systematic review and meta-analysis including 68 studies, researchers found a pooled odds ratio for weekend mortality … November 25, 2020
Weekend specialist intensity and admission mortality in acute hospital … August 20, 2018
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/36417/psn-pdf
April 12, 2011 - Excess mortality caused by medical injury.
April 12, 2011
Meurer LN, Yang H, Guse CE, et al. … Excess mortality caused by medical injury. Ann Fam Med.
2006;4(5):410-6. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/excess-mortality-caused-medical-injury
The authors describe a state-based … They
conclude that mortality risk should be taken into account when forming mortality estimates to increase … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/excess-mortality-caused-medical-injury
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/3MSummaryResultsReportFinal.jsp
October 03, 2010 - rates. … rates. … rates. … Rate
Mortality Rate for ROM=1 Minor
Mortality Rate for ROM=2 Moderate
Mortality Rate for ROM=3 … rates.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgeon-specific-mortality-data-disguise-wider-failings-delivery-safe-surgical-services
March 09, 2022 - Study
Surgeon-specific mortality data disguise wider failings in delivery of safe … Surgeon-specific mortality data disguise wider failings in delivery of safe surgical services. … due to surgical error and advocates for focusing on failure to rescue rather than surgeon-specific mortality … rates. … Surgeon-specific mortality data disguise wider failings in delivery of safe surgical services.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46662/psn-pdf
August 20, 2018 - Weekend specialist intensity and admission mortality in
acute hospital trusts in England: a cross-sectional … Weekend specialist intensity and admission mortality in acute hospital
trusts in England: a cross-sectional … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weekend-specialist-intensity-and-admission-mortality-acute-hospital-trusts … This cross-sectional study compared specialist staffing levels and
mortality rates at 115 hospitals … Researchers found a higher mortality rate and lower intensity of specialty services on
weekends, but
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reversing-rise-maternal-mortality
January 18, 2017 - Commentary
Reversing the rise in maternal mortality. … Reversing The Rise In Maternal Mortality. … In this commentary, the author relates her family history of maternal morbidity and mortality and advocates … Reversing The Rise In Maternal Mortality. … October 20, 2021
A structured judgement method to enhance mortality case note review:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/psychological-impact-and-coping-strategies-frontline-medical-staff-hunan-between-january-and
May 31, 2023 - outbreak and expressed anxiety and concerns regarding their safety, the safety of their families, and high mortality … June 26, 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. … April 3, 2019
Weekend specialist intensity and admission mortality in acute hospital
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013.html
January 01, 2018 - 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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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-care-bundles-reduce-hospital-mortality-quantitative-survey
April 25, 2018 - Study
Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey. … Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey. … rates. … Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey. … 2013
Health Care Leaders Action Guide: Hospital Strategies for Reducing Preventable Mortality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hsmr-new-approach-measuring-hospital-mortality-trends-canada
June 22, 2015 - Book/Report
HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality Trends in Canada … Citation Text:
HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality Trends in Canada. … This report describes a new metric used to analyze mortality rates in Canadian health care and also includes … Cite
Citation
Citation Text:
HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html
November 01, 2022 - Mortality from HIV/AIDS, for example, has declined steadily since early 2000. … Between 2000 and 2020, the breast cancer death rate decreased by approximately 29 percent. … As highlighted below, mortality rates for this condition continue to rise. … rate of industrialized countries, and the 2022 NHQDR shows that this rate is increasing. … The overall maternal mortality rate in 2020 was 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, up from 20.1 deaths