NQMC Update Service: May 4, 2015 ► Canadian Institute for Health Information

NQMC Update Service: May 4, 2015

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 about 80% of inpatient mortality. This updates a previously published measure summary.