Article: Hospital stay may affect mortality rates after discharge.

Article: Planning a Hospital Stay
Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers;      700+ words ...Planning a hospital stay Definition Planning a hospital stay includes determining what hospitals or facilities...hospital, including services offered, scheduling the hospital stay, completing pre-admission testing, receiving and following...

Article: Mortality Rates
Encyclopedia of Public Health;      700+ words ...MORTALITY RATES The English statistician, William...certificates are used to calculate mortality rates that can be manipulated in various...events. The commonly used varieties of mortality rates are: crude; age-standardized; cause-specif...

Article: Dr David Sherer's Hospital Survival Guide: 100+ Ways to Make Your Hospital Stay Safe and Comfortable.(Book Review)
AORN Journal;  February 1, 2005 ;     257 words ......Sherer's Hospital Survival Guide: 100+ Ways to Make Your Hospital Stay Safe and Comfortable David Sherer and Maryann Karinch 2003...numbers, and other useful resources so a reader anticipating a hospital stay can do additional research on topics of interest. The book...

Article: Measuring hospital mortality rates: are 30-day data enough?
Health Services Research;  February 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...For over a decade, risk-adjusted mortality rates have been used as measures of hospital...patients using 30-, 90-, and 180-day mortality rates (Sullivan and Wilensky 1991; Sullivan...high or low death rates, or to relate mortality rates to hospital characteristics, include...

Article: How to Survive Your Hospital Stay: the Complete Guide to Getting the Care You Need--and Avoiding the Problems You Don't.(Book Review)
AORN Journal;  September 1, 2004 ;     352 words ...How to Survive Your Hospital Stay: The Complete Guide to Getting the Care You Need--and Avoiding...factors. This book may be useful for someone who anticipates a hospital stay in the future and has time to read a more than 200-page book...

Article: The health of nations. (international differences in medical care and costs)
National Review;  September 1, 1989 ;     518 words ......life expectancies and lower infant-mortality rates. Data published in 1987 by the Organization...per 1,000 pop. 5.9 8.1 12.1 Average hospital stay (days) 9.9 18.6 55.1 Hospital expenditure...We compensate by keeping the average hospital stay considerably shorter, (9.9 days), albeit...

Article: Expert Urges Patients To Ask Questions To Prevent Errors During A Hospital Stay.(Brief Article)
Jet;  September 11, 2000 ;     422 words ......that you won't need. Which doctor will oversee my care in the hospital? Lots of specialty care will be given during your hospital stay, but you're encouraged to find out the one physician who will be in charge of you while there. This will make it easier for...

Article: Mothers' health taking toll on infant health, mortality rates.
The Nation's Health;  August 1, 2008 ;     250 words ......health is a leading reason infant mortality rates have stalled in the United States...After 40 years of declines, infant mortality rates have remained relatively stable since...defects. From 1960 to 1980, infant mortality rates in the United States dropped from...

Article: Homeless women have higher illness and mortality rates.(Health)
Community Action;  May 17, 2004 ;     358 words ......than the general population. However, mortality rates for homeless women are even higher...The researchers studied the reported mortality rates and causes of death in a cohort of...analyzed data from published studies of mortality rates among homeless women in 6 other cities...

Article: Mortality rates much lower in highest-rated hospitals.(Brief Article)
AORN Journal;  January 1, 2006 ;     220 words ......best-performing hospitals Lowered their mortality rates 45% faster than the poorest-performing...following. * In-hospital risk-adjusted mortality rates improved 12% from 2002 to 2004, but...significantly Lower risk-adjusted mortality rates, and improved 2:1% more than the hospital...

Article: Small liver transplant centers have higher mortality rates-UNOS study.
Transplant News;  January 14, 2000 ;     412 words ......fewer liver transplants annually have mortality rates that are significantly higher than...which had low volumes, had 1-year mortality rates that exceeded 40%, and the rate at...would steer clear of centers with high mortality rates, if they were informed about survival...

Article: New study confirms link between nurse education and mortality rates.(Brief article)
Nevada RNformation;  May 1, 2007 ;     158 words ......baccalaureate-prepared nurses have a positive impact on lowering mortality rates. A research team from the University of Toronto and the...baccalaureate-prepared nurses tended to have lower 30-day mortality rates. Our findings indicated that a 10% increase in the proportion...

Article: Mortality Rates 71% Lower at Top-Rated Hospitals: HealthGrades Annual Hospital-Quality Study.
Business Wire;  October 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......5,000 Hospitals Over Three Years; Mortality Rates Improve Nationally State-Level Mortality Rates Analyzed Individual Hospital Ratings...providers. According to the study, mortality rates at America's hospitals have improved...

Article: Remote monitoring cuts mortality rates. (Telemedicine).
Health Management Technology;  May 1, 2002 ;     220 words ......Since installation of the system at Sentara in mid-2000, ICU mortality rates dropped by 25 percent and lengths of stay were cut by 17...medical officer for Sentara Healthcare, says the system helped mortality rates plunge because staff reaction time became a Using the electronic...