St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center: Total Knee Replacement Quality Measures

Total Knee Replacement
Quality Measures
Annual hospital volume
Physician board certification
Average length of stay
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Blood clot prevention
Dedicated orthopaedic services
Inpatient mortality rate
Correct patient, procedure, site
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Total Knee Replacement Quality Measures

Inpatient mortality rate for total knee replacement

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.

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