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Table 2.3: Failure to rescue or deaths per 1000 discharges having developed specified complications of care during hospitalizationa, trends 1994-2001 and by patient and hospital characteristics, 2001, United States
| |
Adjusted rateb |
| Trends |
Estimate |
Standard error |
| |
|
|
| Total United States, 2001 |
136.630 |
0.837 |
| Total United States, 2000 |
139.445 |
0.853 |
| Total United States, 1997 |
139.414 |
0.929 |
| Total United States, 1994c |
151.294 |
0.998 |
| |
|
|
| 2001 adjusted rateb |
| Population group |
Estimate |
Standard error |
| |
|
|
| Patient characteristic |
|
|
| Age groups for conditions affecting any age |
|
|
| 0-17 |
117.295 |
3.412 |
| 18-44 |
148.784 |
1.594 |
| 45-64 |
197.622 |
1.299 |
| 65-74 |
229.772 |
1.325 |
| |
|
|
| Age croups for conditions affecting primarily elderly |
|
|
| 65-69 |
222.391 |
1.726 |
| 70-74 |
235.450 |
1.579 |
| |
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
| Male |
135.594 |
1.191 |
| Female |
132.621 |
1.172 |
| |
|
|
| Median income of patient ZIP Code |
|
|
| Less than $25,000 |
146.337 |
2.503 |
| $25,000-$34,999 |
136.608 |
1.509 |
| $35,000-$44,999 |
136.265 |
1.467 |
| $45,000 or more |
134.865 |
1.245 |
| |
|
|
| Location of patient residence |
|
|
| Metropolitan |
138.361 |
0.901 |
| Micropolitan |
128.740 |
2.368 |
| Noncore |
126.087 |
2.841 |
| |
|
|
| Expected payment source |
|
|
| Private insurance |
129.161 |
1.345 |
| Medicare |
137.919 |
1.256 |
| Medicaid |
143.939 |
1.843 |
| Other insurance |
129.564 |
4.141 |
| Uninsured / self pay / no charge |
154.076 |
3.112 |
| |
|
|
| Hospital characteristic |
|
|
| Location of inpatient treatment |
|
|
| Northeast |
147.626 |
1.743 |
| Midwest |
124.020 |
1.629 |
| South |
134.200 |
1.188 |
| West |
146.765 |
1.835 |
| |
|
|
| Ownership/control |
|
|
| Private, not-for-profit |
135.816 |
0.959 |
| Private, for-profit |
138.470 |
1.955 |
| Public |
139.161 |
1.976 |
| |
|
|
| Teaching status |
|
|
| Teaching |
139.122 |
1.287 |
| Non-teaching |
135.132 |
1.003 |
| |
|
|
| Location of hospital |
|
|
| Metropolitan |
138.202 |
0.882 |
| Micropolitan |
124.778 |
2.661 |
| Noncore |
124.118 |
3.542 |
| |
|
|
| Bedsize |
|
|
| Less than 100 |
122.196 |
2.375 |
| 100 - 299 |
134.801 |
1.243 |
| 300 - 499 |
138.560 |
1.385 |
| 500+ |
143.091 |
1.665 |
| |
|
|
aDenominator excludes patients transferred in or out, patients admitted from long-term-care facilities, neonates, and patients over 74 years old.
bRates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and DRG clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
cFor 1994, rate biased in unknown direction because codes used to exclude discharges (diagnoses 569.61, 574.80, 574.81, 998.11, procedures 52.85, 52.86) in the numerator and denominator became effective after 1994 and before 1997.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
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