Unit Mortality

Percent unit deaths per calendar month

Indicators
Indicator:	Unit Mortality
Created/Raw:	Created
Program:	Critical Care and Medicine
Start Date:
End Date:
Reports:	Critical Care Program Quality Indicator Report, Directors Quarterly and Annual Report (Critical Care), Directors Quarterly and Annual Report (Medicine)

• Cargo

• SMW:

• Categories

• Default form:

QI domain

• Safe
• Effective

Significance

Mortality is heavily influenced by case mix and severity of illness. Any differences in mortality between units or over time should be examined for differences in patient population first. Other Factors affecting mortality include structural and process-related aspects of care.

Sampling Plan / Procedure

Inclusion Criteria

• 100% of all patients physically present in an unit bed and have a Dispo of one of the following:
  • Died - to morgue
  • Died - to OR
  • Died - to other ICU

Exclusion Criteria

If the patient has a Dispo "Died - *" in more than one location, only the first one is counted. (E.g. for organ donors)

Definition and Derivation

Numerator

Num = Total number of patients who died

Denominator

Denom = Total number of patients

Formula

Unit Mortality (%) = Num / Denom * 100

Data Sources

• Dispo

SAS Program

X:\Julie\SAS_CFE\CFE_macros\logphiunit.sas

Data Integrity Checks

• Query NDC_dx_implying_death_across_encounters
• Query check ICD10 dx implying death must have appropriate dispo

Data use

see infobox

Related articles

Related articles:

Dispo field ‎ (← links) User:JMojica ‎ (← links)