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Hospital Quality
REPORTS ON HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE
The Texas Health Care Information Collection has released Indicators of Inpatient Care in Texas Hospitals, 2006, a report on performance by Texas hospitals on 25 measures of quality. The report provides consumers of health care with reliable and comparable data on hospitals throughout the state. In addition to bar charts and tables for each of the measures, the database can also be searched by hospital or metropolitan area for any of the procedures or conditions included in the report, allowing the reader to observe a hospital's improvement over time.
2006 Data, as illustrated on the THCIC website, is shown below. For previous year's data, please view the report on the THCIC website by clicking here.
VOLUME & MORTALITY INDICATORS FOR INPATIENT PROCEDURES (bar charts)
Medical articles and journals have suggested that, for some complex medical and surgical procedures, outcomes for patients may be better in hospitals where doctors perform such procedures regularly, rather than occasionally. Better quality may be associated with greater volume, however, low-volume providers may have excellent outcomes. Since volume alone is not an outcome (result) measure, where possible, volume indicators should be evaluated along with mortality indicators (outcome measures) for the same procedure. The volume measures report the number of times the procedure is performed in the hospital.
The mortality indicators report the percentage of patients who died at a hospital after undergoing a specific type of surgery. Patients transferred to another hospital or with incomplete discharge information are not included in the mortality charts. Better quality may be associated with lower mortality rates. Less frequently performed procedures have less comparative performance to report. (PDF format)
- Esophageal Resection Volume (2 pages) and Mortality (2 pages)
- Pancreatic Resection Volume (3 pages) and Mortality (3 pages)
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair Volume (4 pages) and Mortality (4 pages)
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Volume (4 pages) and Mortality (4 pages)
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Volume (4 pages) and Mortality (4 pages)
- Carotid Endarterectomy Volume (5 pages) and Mortality (5 pages)
- Craniotomy Mortality (4 pages)
- Hip Replacement Mortality (6 pages)
MORTALITY INDICATORS FOR INPATIENT CONDITIONS (bar charts)
This section reports the percentage of patients who died at a hospital while being treated for each condition. Better quality may be associated with lower mortality rates. (PDF format)
- Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Mortality (7 pages)
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Mortality (8 pages)
- Acute Stroke Mortality (8 pages)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Hemorrhage Mortality (8 pages)
- Hip Fracture Mortality (7 pages)
- Pneumonia Mortality (9 pages)
UTILIZATION INDICATORS (bar charts)
This section of indicators reflects the use of certain procedures about which questions have been raised about overuse or underuse. While there is no "correct" frequency for performing procedures included in this section of the report, high or low rates may raise questions that should be discussed with your doctor and hospital. (PDF format)