Hospital Quality Indicators
Quality Indicators (QIs) are standardized, evidence-based measures of health care quality that can be used with readily available hospital inpatient administrative data to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes.
Mortality indicators reporting the percentage of patients who died in the hospital after undergoing a specific type of surgery. Utilization indicators reflecting the use of certain procedures about which questions have been raised about overuse or underuse.
Potential complications that occur within hospital and potential adverse events following surgeries, procedures, and childbirth. Money charged per case.
Quality of care of children under the age of 18.
Amount of cases hospitals deal with that are connected to preventable diseases. Some preventable diseases that are monitored are: asthma, diabetes and urinary infections, assessing the effectiveness of this care.