Percent of patients undergoing index pediatric and/or congenital heart surgery who die, including both 1) all deaths occurring during the hospitalization in which the procedure was performed, even if after 30 days (including patients transferred to other acute care facilities), and 2) those deaths occurring after discharge from the hospital, but within 30 days of the procedure, stratified by the five STAT Mortality Categories, a multi-institutional validated risk stratification tool
- Measure TypeElectronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)Level Of AnalysisCare SettingNumerator
Number of patients undergoing index pediatric and/or congenital heart surgery who die, including both 1) all deaths occurring during the hospitalization in which the procedure was performed, even if after 30 days (including patients transferred to other acute care facilities), and 2) those deaths occurring after discharge from the hospital, but within 30 days of the procedure, stratified by the five STAT Mortality Levels, a multi-institutional validated complexity stratification tool
DenominatorAll patients undergoing index pediatric and/or congenital heart surgery
ExclusionsN/A
Testing Data Sources
- Measure StructureClinical Condition Topic AreaNon Condition SpecificTarget PopulationMeasure Selection AttributesNational Quality Strategy PrioritiesPatient Safety
- Risk Adjustment
- Current or planned use(s)Current Use(s)
- Most Recent Endorsement ActivityEndorsed Surgery Spring Cycle 2019Initial EndorsementNext Planned Maintenance ReviewSurgery Fall 2024Endorsement StatusLast Updated
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