Relationships Between In-Hospital and 30-Day Standardized Hospital Mortality: Implications for Profiling Hospitals. From: Health Services Research | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: Rosenthal, Gary E.; Baker, David W.; Norris, Donald G.; Way, Lynne E.; Harper, Dwain L.; Snow, Richard J. | COPYRIGHT 2000 American College of Healthcare Executives. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Objective. To examine the relationship of in-hospital and 30-day mortality rates and the association between in-hospital mortality and hospital discharge practices.

Data Sources/Study Setting. A secondary analysis of data for 13,834 patients with congestive heart failure who were admitted to 30 hospitals in northeast Ohio in 1992-1994.

Design. A retrospective cohort study was conducted.

Data Collection. Demographic and clinical data were collected f...

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