The Fraser Institute - Alberta Hospital Report Card

Hospital -	Hospital 047
Category -	Medical conditions - Adverse events

Legend for Risk Adjusted Rates:

BLUE

Better than the Alberta average for the selected year.

WHITE

Not different from the Alberta average for the selected year.

RED

Worse than the Alberta average for the selected year.

No data were available for this year.

DEFINITIONS:

Rank	All institutions were ranked on each indicator based on their scores, where the highest rank of 1 corresponds to the highest score out of 100. Volume indicators were not ranked since they have threshold requirements.
Score	The score indicates how well a hospital performs on a given indicator, based on its risk adjusted rate where a score of 100 is the highest.
Risk adjusted rate	Measures the observed rate adjusted for differences in patients’ age, sex, and the presence of complications.
Observed rate	Measures the outcome of interest compared to population at risk.
Alberta average/total	This value is the risk adjusted average (Alberta average) or total (Alberta total) of an indicator across all acute care hospitals in Alberta.

Transfusion reaction

Patients with blood transfusion reactions. Lower rates are more desirable.

MEASURE	Year
MEASURE	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Rank	View	View	View	View	View
Score	View	View	View	View	View
Observed (per thousand)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Risk adjusted (per thousand)	-	-	-	-	-

Alberta average (per thousand)	-	-	-	-	-

Decubitus ulcer

Pressure sores that develop when a patient lies on his or her back for extended periods. Lower rates are more desirable.

MEASURE	Year
MEASURE	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Rank	View	View	View	View	View
Score	View	View	View	View	View
Observed (per thousand)	5.8	5.3	4.9	6.5	2.4
Risk adjusted (per thousand)	9.4	7.7	7.9	10.3	4.2

Alberta average (per thousand)	5.5	6.2	6.6	6.2	5.8

Iatrogenic pneumothorax

The collapse of a patient’s lung inadvertently induced by a physician or medical treatment. Lower rates are more desirable.

MEASURE	Year
MEASURE	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Rank	View	View	View	View	View
Score	View	View	View	View	View
Observed (per thousand)	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
Risk adjusted (per thousand)	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0

Alberta average (per thousand)	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4

Selected infections due to medical care

Cases of infection due to medical care, primarily those related to intravenous (IV) lines and catheters. Lower rates are more desirable.

MEASURE	Year
MEASURE	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Rank	View	View	View	View	View
Score	View	View	View	View	View
Observed (per thousand)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Risk adjusted (per thousand)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Alberta average (per thousand)	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.3