According to the data available with the CDC, in USA the number of non-institutionalized adults with diagnosed disease is 25.1 million i.e. around 11%. []. Also, the health care usage statistics suggest that number of patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis in hospitals is 16 million.[ ]. The hospital inpatient care statistics show that the number of discharges with heart diseases as first- listed diagnosis is 4.2 million and the average length of stay is 4.4 days []. The mortality statistics of cardiovascular diseases show that number of deaths in patients with heart disease are 631,636 with a death rate per thousand equal to 211.0. []. According to WHO estimates, by 2015, almost 20 million people will die from CVDs, mainly from heart disease and stroke. These are projected to remain the single leading causes of death. Keeping in mind the severity and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, it has become increasing necessary for hospitals to constantly evaluate and upgrade their cardiac wings to keep up with the increasing flow of patients and to be able to provide them with timely and high quality treatment. Also, the hospitals need to constantly keep on evaluating their results by measuring statistically the results of the treatment of the cardiac patients. This not only helps in the identification of the problem areas but also helps provide a direction to them in order to improve the services provided to the patients. These statistics are not just helpful for the hospitals but also for the patients. If a patient is able to get unbiased data about the performance of different hospitals in the field of cardiology, they are able to decide and make a choice between various options available. Measurement: Many efforts and methods have been made to effectively document the results and performance of hospitals as far as patient outcome is concerned. The cardiac surgery death rates were first
According to the data available with the CDC, in USA the number of non-institutionalized adults with diagnosed disease is 25.1 million i.e. around 11%. []. Also, the health care usage statistics suggest that number of patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis in hospitals is 16 million.[ ]. The hospital inpatient care statistics show that the number of discharges with heart diseases as first- listed diagnosis is 4.2 million and the average length of stay is 4.4 days []. The mortality statistics of cardiovascular diseases show that number of deaths in patients with heart disease are 631,636 with a death rate per thousand equal to 211.0. []. According to WHO estimates, by 2015, almost 20 million people will die from CVDs, mainly from heart disease and stroke. These are projected to remain the single leading causes of death. Keeping in mind the severity and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, it has become increasing necessary for hospitals to constantly evaluate and upgrade their cardiac wings to keep up with the increasing flow of patients and to be able to provide them with timely and high quality treatment. Also, the hospitals need to constantly keep on evaluating their results by measuring statistically the results of the treatment of the cardiac patients. This not only helps in the identification of the problem areas but also helps provide a direction to them in order to improve the services provided to the patients. These statistics are not just helpful for the hospitals but also for the patients. If a patient is able to get unbiased data about the performance of different hospitals in the field of cardiology, they are able to decide and make a choice between various options available. Measurement: Many efforts and methods have been made to effectively document the results and performance of hospitals as far as patient outcome is concerned. The cardiac surgery death rates were first
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