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Hospital Quality Report for Professionals
Sample Hospital, Any City, FL
Excess Deaths
This section identifies the total mortality cases that are greater than
predicted
for a three year period. Excess deaths are determined by
calculating the difference between the actual count of mortality cases to the
predicted count of mortality cases.
Excess Deaths
Calculation
Actual
Deaths
Predicted
Deaths
Excess Deaths
minus
Excess Deaths by Service Line
Stroke
Vascular
Pulmonary
Gastrointestinal
General Surgery
Critical Care
Cardiac
Excess
Deaths
Mortality
Procedure/Diagnosis
1
Atrial Fibrillation
1
0
Bowel Obstruction
0
0
0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
0
0
Community Acquired Pneumonia
0
0
Coronary Bypass Surgery
0
0
Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent)
0
0
Diabetic Acidosis and Coma
0
0
Gastrointestinal Bleed
0
0
Gastrointestinal Procedures & Surgeries
0
0
Heart Attack
0
0
Heart Failure
0
0
Pancreatitis
0
0
Pulmonary Embolism
0
0
Resection/Replacement of Abdominal Aorta
0
0
Respiratory Failure
0
6
Sepsis
6
0
Stroke
0
0
Valve Replacement Surgery
0
7*
Total Medicare Excess Deaths**
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
*
Total Medicare Excess Deaths by service line may not add up because Bowel Obstruction is included in General Surgery and Gastrointestinal
service lines.
**
Note that Medicare accounts for approximately 30 percent of patients in hospitals. The total number of excess deaths could be higher than
this total.
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