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Table 2 Potentially Preventable Complications Programs Implemented between October - December 2008 Syracuse Hospitals January - June 2008

From: Evaluation of hospital inpatient complications: a planning approach

 

Discharges with Major PPC Total Cases

Major PPC Rate/1,000

% Difference

Significance Level

 

Actual

Expected

Actual

Expected

  

Urinary Tract Infection

      

   Crouse Hospital

43

55.9

5.43

7.05

-23.03

 

   Community General Hospital

46

41.3

12.65

11.34

11.49

 

Pneumonia

     

   St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center

145

112.0

10.09

7.79

29.46

p < 0.05

Clostridium Difficile Colitis

      

   Community General Hospital

12

4.9

2.99

1.22

144.20

 

Dccubitus Ulcer

      

   Crouse Hospital

6

7.1

0.71

0.85

-15.69

 

   St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center

31

13.0

3.41

1.43

138.47

p < 0.05

Pulmonary Embolism

      

   Crouse Hospital

12

5.1

1.53

0.65

133.80

p < 0.05

Post-Hemorrhage & Another Acute Anemia w Transfusion

      

   St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center

55

16.0

7.36

2.14

243.75

p < 0.05

  1. Sources: Hospital Executive Council; 3M Health Information Systems.