National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR): the ratio of the actual number of acute in-hospital deaths to the expected number of in-hospital deaths, for conditions accounting for 80% of inpatient mortality.

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR): the ratio of the actual number of acute in-hospital deaths to the expected number of in-hospital deaths, for conditions accounting for 80% of inpatient mortality.

May 13, 2013

Canadian Institute for Health Information

• Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR): the ratio of the actual number of acute in-hospital deaths to the expected number of in-hospital deaths, for conditions accounting for 80% of inpatient mortality. This updates a previously published measure summary.