Table 5 Unadjusted 30-day mortality rates
Patients in 145 VHA hospitals | Medicare patients in 4580 private sector hospitals | Medicare patients in 2876 hospitals in 112 Markets withVHA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Discharge Year | N | Mortality | N | Mortality | N | Mortality |
2000-2001 | 10,165 | 16.0% | 297,121 | 16.7% | 179,279 179,279 | 16.8% |
2002-2003 | 10,088 | 16.3% | 292,833 | 16.2% | 175,443 | 16.3% |
2004-June 2005 | 7,241 | 15.7% | 199,446 | 15.5% | 118,580 | 15.6% |
All years | 27,494 | 16.0% | 789,400 | 16.2% | 473,302 | 16.3% |