Total Knee Replacement Quality Measures
The mortality rate (measured as a percentage) provides general
information about the quality of care delivery, and can be an important quality
indicator. However, some hospitals care for patients with a greater severity
of illness and therefore may have a higher mortality rate.
Total knee replacement (knee arthroplasty) has a relative
low mortality rate. According to the most recent data available from the Healthcare
Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the in-hospital death rate for
knee replacement was 0.16 percent.