Indicator 34: Congestive heart failure (CHF) mortality rate
Type: In-patient mortality
Definition: Provider level. Number of deaths per 100 patients with diagnosis of CHF.
Precision: Provider Level Provider Signal
 MeanStd DevStd Dev (1)Share (2)Univariate Ratio (3)MSX R2 (4)
     Unadjusted0.0750.0950.0250.0100.5980.750
     Demographics--0.0210.0070.5050.696
     APR-DRG--0.0210.0070.5350.697

From: APPENDIX 7, Empirical Evaluation Results Tables

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Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators.
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