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| Deaths among patients that are considered unlikely to die in the hospital. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths in patients that developed specified complications of care during hospitalization. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths from heart attacks. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to heart failure. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths from acute strokes. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to bleeding from the esophagus, stomach, small intestine or colon. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to hip fractures. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Death due to a condition involving an infection in the lungs. Lower rates are more desirable. The results for the Pneumonia mortality rate indicator may be affected by a potential data quality issue, owing to miscoding of activities at the hospital level. |
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| Deaths from heart attacks; excludes patients transferred from another short term hospital. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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