HPR - Technical Report - State Wide Tables

  Rank of DRGs by Volume, Mortality,

Variability among Hospitals with Respect to Mortality Rate

1998 Inpatient Data from 200 Pennsylvania Acute Care Hospitals

DRG Description

DRG

% Hospitals with Cases

Volume of Cases

Rank by Volume

Rank by Mortality

Rank by Mortality Variability

Cancer Rate

Medical Heart Attack

121-123

97.0

28,677

8

32

175

3.1

Heart Failure and Shock

127

99.0

60,467

1

81

229

4.1

Major Vessel Operations Except Heart

110

81.0

6,380

54

20

42

4.4

Vascular Operations Except Heart

478

90.5

10,870

26

102

191

6.6

Vascular Disorders Except Heart

130

99.0

9,179

36

84

154

15.6

Stroke (Brain Attack)

14

99.0

28,751

7

34

151

3.8

Adult Pneumonia

89

99.5

36,333

2

67

215

9.9

Adult Lung Infection

79

99.0

12,749

21

23

142

9.7

Lung Cancer

82

97.5

6,878

50

17

93

99.2

Adult Diabetes

294

97.0

8,901

37

164

236

4.0

Kidney Failure

316

99.0

7,914

44

33

115

9.6

Adult Septicemia

416

99.0

17,565

14

18

143

16.0

GI Bleeding

174

99.5

20,061

10

97

231

6.6

Major Intestinal Procedures

148

99.0

15,522

17

58

166

47.2

Hip Operations Except Replacements

210

94.0

9,789

30

116

225

6.6