NQMC Update Service: March 14, 2016 || Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

NQMC Update Service: March 14, 2016

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with AAA repair, ages 18 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with AMI as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute stroke mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with acute stroke as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Bilateral cardiac catheterization: percentage of bilateral cardiac catheterization discharges per 1,000 heart catheterization discharges for coronary artery disease for patients 18 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Esophageal resection mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with esophageal resection for cancer, ages 18 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Heart failure mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with heart failure as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Hip fracture mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with hip fracture as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 65 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Pancreatic resection mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with pancreatic resection for cancer, ages 18 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Pneumonia mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with pneumonia as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older. This updates a previously published measure summary.