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Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery in New York State, 1997-1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER
• MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE STATE CARDIAC ADVIOSORY COMMITTEE
• INTRODUCTION
• THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAM
• PATIENT POPULATION
• RISK ADJUSTMENT FOR ASSESSING PROVIDER PERFORMANCE
  • Data Collection, Data Validation and Identifying In-Hospital Deaths
  • Assessing Patient Risk
  • Predicting Patient Mortality Rates for Hospitals
  • Computing the Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rate
  • Interpreting the Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rate
  • How This Contributes to Quality Improvement
• 1997-1999 HOSPITAL OUTCOMES FOR PEDIATRIC CONGENITAL CARDIAC SURGERY
  • Table 1 Hospital Observed, Expected and Risk-Adjusted MortalityRates (RAMR) for Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery in New York State, 1997-1999 Discharges
• CRITERIA USED IN REPORTING SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTORS (1997-1999)
• APPENDIX 1 ALL PEDIATRIC CONGENITAL CARDIAC DIAGNOSES IN NEW YORK STATE, 1997-1999
• APPENDIX 2 DIAGNOSIS REFERENCE GROUP FOR 1997-1999 PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY ANALYSIS
• APPENDIX 3 1997-1999 RISK FACTORS FOR PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY IN HOSPITAL MORTALITY
• NYS PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY CENTERS

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