Volume 9 — October 18, 2012
CME ACTIVITY
An Intervention to Improve Cause-of-Death Reporting in New York City Hospitals, 2009–2010
Year | Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | Hospital 3 | Hospital 4 | Hospital 5 | Hospital 6 | Hospital 7 | Hospital 8 | Nonintervention |
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2000 | 50.176 | 69.512 | 60.075 | 58.108 | 56.745 | 74.260 | 68.161 | 62.324 | 29.878 |
2001 | 46.026 | 69.916 | 60.606 | 52.368 | 52.419 | 70.342 | 64.907 | 58.621 | 29.541 |
2002 | 50.445 | 69.613 | 61.155 | 66.497 | 63.269 | 72.583 | 59.524 | 61.532 | 30.208 |
2003 | 52.806 | 69.388 | 58.639 | 64.269 | 61.495 | 68.012 | 51.908 | 61.325 | 29.835 |
2004 | 49.672 | 65.819 | 56.178 | 56.522 | 59.420 | 77.922 | 48.375 | 59.887 | 27.932 |
2005 | 62.694 | 70.755 | 62.395 | 62.353 | 64.542 | 70.255 | 50.000 | 64.761 | 27.726 |
2006 | 74.142 | 72.222 | 68.715 | 63.950 | 59.368 | 57.165 | 55.108 | 64.645 | 26.997 |
2007 | 75.809 | 72.384 | 70.723 | 70.621 | 65.596 | 57.790 | 60.357 | 68.416 | 27.099 |
2008 | 78.402 | 72.404 | 71.481 | 70.000 | 67.416 | 66.722 | 66.330 | 60.652 | 26.152 |
2009 | 56.046 | 62.278 | 66.381 | 68.627 | 56.592 | 67.862 | 54.861 | 52.007 | 26.199 |
2010 | 24.756 | 33.579 | 40.285 | 50.949 | 38.914 | 36.260 | 28.814 | 27.606 | 23.714 |
Figure 1. Percentage of deaths attributed to heart disease at each of the 8 intervention hospitals and at all nonintervention hospitals combined, New York City, 2000–2010.
Year | Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | Hospital 3 | Hospital 4 | Hospital 5 | Hospital 6 | Hospital 7 | Hospital 8 | Nonintervention |
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2000 | 2.86 | 2.80 | 2.67 | 2.94 | 2.79 | 2.64 | 2.72 | 2.63 | 2.98 |
2001 | 2.66 | 2.62 | 2.66 | 3.12 | 2.88 | 2.66 | 2.47 | 2.63 | 3.03 |
2002 | 2.51 | 2.66 | 2.60 | 2.97 | 2.69 | 2.74 | 2.35 | 2.64 | 2.99 |
2003 | 2.55 | 2.58 | 2.49 | 2.93 | 2.67 | 2.71 | 2.22 | 2.62 | 2.98 |
2004 | 2.61 | 2.82 | 2.60 | 2.96 | 2.66 | 2.49 | 2.06 | 2.65 | 3.00 |
2005 | 2.49 | 2.74 | 2.45 | 3.07 | 2.61 | 2.56 | 1.83 | 2.49 | 3.00 |
2006 | 2.34 | 2.75 | 2.52 | 2.74 | 2.56 | 2.88 | 1.93 | 2.45 | 2.99 |
2007 | 2.33 | 2.68 | 2.47 | 2.69 | 2.64 | 2.96 | 2.00 | 2.51 | 2.98 |
2008 | 2.35 | 2.22 | 2.39 | 2.52 | 2.41 | 2.75 | 1.69 | 2.46 | 2.95 |
2009 | 2.52 | 2.25 | 2.62 | 2.68 | 2.58 | 2.63 | 1.66 | 2.62 | 2.89 |
2010 | 3.38 | 3.14 | 3.61 | 3.68 | 3.24 | 3.90 | 2.52 | 3.19 | 2.91 |
Figure 2. Average number of conditions reported per death at each of the 8 intervention hospitals and at all nonintervention hospitals combined, New York City, 2000–2010.
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