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| Development of disorders that interfere with biochemical processes within the body including kidney failure and diabetes occurring in patients after an elective surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Development of respiratory failure occurring in patients after undergoing elective surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Patients that undergo elective surgeries and subsequently develop a hospital-acquired infection. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Accidental cut or wound during a procedure. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Patients with blood transfusion reactions. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Birth trauma for infants born alive in a hospital. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during vaginal delivery with an instrument. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during vaginal delivery without an instrument. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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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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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during Cesarean delivery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Pressure sores that develop when a patient lies on his or her back for extended periods. 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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| Foreign object left in a patient during a procedure. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| The collapse of a patient’s lung inadvertently induced by a physician or medical treatment. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of infection due to medical care, primarily those related to intravenous (IV) lines and catheters. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Numbers of procedures involving the surgical removal of the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, often due to esophageal cancer. Numbers above 6 are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to surgery performed to allow blood to bypass a clogged artery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to the surgical opening of the skull performed to remove a brain tumor, repair an aneurysm (ballooning of blood vessels), perform a biopsy or to relieve pressure inside the skull. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to hip replacement surgery. 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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| Numbers of procedures involving the surgical removal of the pancreas in an attempt to cure pancreatic cancer. Numbers above 10 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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| Surgical removal of a baby through the mother's abdomen. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Rate of vaginal births that occurred in mothers who had delivered previously by Cesarean section. Higher rates are more desirable. |
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| Minimally invasive removal of the gall bladder, a small pear-shaped sac that stores and concentrates bile, which is needed for digestion. Higher rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to a non-surgical procedure performed to open blockages in the arteries that carry blood to the heart. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to a procedure that removes blockages from arteries in the neck to reduce the chance of stroke and brain damage. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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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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| Surgical removal of a baby through the mother's abdomen during the first birth inclusively. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Rate of vaginal births that occurred in mothers who had delivered previously by Cesarean section. Higher rates are more desirable. |
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| Numbers surgeries performed to allow blood to bypass a clogged artery. Numbers above 100 are more desirable. |
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| Number of procedures performed to open blockages in the arteries that carry blood to the heart. Numbers above 200 are more desirable. |
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| Number of procedures performed to remove blockages from arteries in the neck to reduce the chance of stroke and brain damage. Numbers above 50 are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to the surgical removal of the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, often due to esophageal cancer. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to the surgical removal of the pancreas in an attempt to cure pancreatic cancer. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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