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Pneumonia Mortality Rate (IQI #20)

CBE ID
0231
1.4 Project
Endorsement Status
1.1 New or Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with pneumonia as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older. Excludes obstetric discharges and transfers to another hospital.

[NOTE: The software provides the rate per hospital discharge. However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 discharges. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 1,000 to report in-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges.]

        • 1.14 Numerator

          Number of deaths (DISP=20) among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the denominator.

        • 1.15 Denominator

          Discharges, for patients ages 18 years and older, with a principal ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for pneumonia.

        • Exclusions

          Exclude cases:
          • transferring to another short-term hospital (DISP=2)
          • MDC 14 (pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium)
          • with missing discharge disposition (DISP=missing), gender (SEX=missing), age (AGE=missing), quarter (DQTR=missing), year (YEAR=missing) or principal diagnosis (DX1=missing)

        • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
          Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Patient Safety Fall Cycle 2017
          Initial Endorsement
          Last Updated
          Removal Date
        • Steward
          Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
          Steward Organization POC Email
          Steward Organization Copyright

          Not appliable