Complications & Mortality

A complication is any condition that develops during your hospital stay that prolongs the length of stay.  The complication rate is determined by the number of complications divided by the total number of cases. 

The mortality rate measures the number of deaths per total number of hospital discharges.  It is adjusted to take into account "expected" deaths from terminal conditions. 

Key

 

	Performance is less than expected or greater than 1.0	# = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
	Performance is equal to or better than expected or equal to or less than 1.0

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you will see an incomplete picture of our performance.

What does this mean to me? Fewer people die at Methodist compared to the national average at other hospitals.

 

Last Updated: September 2009

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