Calculation of adjusted death Calculation of adjusted death rates, HSMR rates, HSMR EExperience in Swedenxperience in Sweden

Hans Rutberg, Senior medical adviserHans Rutberg, Senior medical adviserSwedish National Board of Health and Welfare Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare

ÖSTERGÖTLANDS LÄNLinköping

SwedenInhabitants ~ 9 million

County Councils: 21

Hospitals ~ 70

Age, sex, admission method, los, Age, sex, admission method, los, diagnosis, HSMRs - hospital standardised diagnosis, HSMRs - hospital standardised

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Evaluation of HSMR in SwedenEvaluation of HSMR in Sweden

• A project initiated by the National Board of Health and Welfare, the Federation of County Councils and the Southeast health care region.

• A national interest to use HSMR to compare hospitals and county councils

• A possible indicator for comparison of the Nordic countries?

Swedish Hospital Discharge Register started in the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register started in the 1960:s. Since 1987 it covers all public, in-patient care in 1960:s. Since 1987 it covers all public, in-patient care in SwedenSweden

• Data on patient:

Personal id-number, sex, age, place of residence

• Data on hospital:

County council, hospital, department

• Administrative data

Date of admission/discharge, LoS, acute/planned

admissions, admitted from, discharged to

• Medical data

Main and secondary diagnoses, surgical procedures,

external cause of injury and poisoning

HSMR in SwedenHSMR in Sweden

Variables:

• Sex• Age• Length of stay• Way of admission, transfer from other hospital• Acute/planned admission• Main diagnosis

HSMR in SwedenHSMR in SwedenMain diagnosis

• The main diagnoses accounting for80 % of hospital mortality

• 58 diagnoses• 370 000 admissions yearly, ~ 25 % of all

admissions

• 27 000 deaths annually

HSMR in SwedenHSMR in SwedenDischarged as dead

• Good quality

• 27 000 registrations per year

• 30 days mortality ??

Swedish deaths 2001 by CCS* groupSwedish deaths 2001 by CCS* group(*Clinical Classification System. Elixhauser A, Andrews RM, Fox, S. Clinical classifications for health policy (*Clinical Classification System. Elixhauser A, Andrews RM, Fox, S. Clinical classifications for health policy research: Discharge statistics by principal diagnosis and procedure. Provider Studies Research Note 17. research: Discharge statistics by principal diagnosis and procedure. Provider Studies Research Note 17. Rockville, MD:Rockville, MD:Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1993. AHCPR Pub. No. 93-0043. www.ahrq.orgAgency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1993. AHCPR Pub. No. 93-0043. www.ahrq.org ))

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Coronary atherosclerosis and other heart disease

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Pulmonary heart disease

Leukemias

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Respiratory failure, insufficiency, arrest (adult)

Secondary malignancies

Cancer of breast

Aortic, peripheral, and visceral artery aneurysms

Cancer of pancreas

Cancer of colon

Cancer of prostate

Septicemia (except in labor)

Cancer of bronchus, lung

Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis or sexuallytransmitted disease)

Congestive heart failure, nonhypertensive

Acute myocardial infarction

Acute cerebrovascular disease

Source: Sir Brian Jarman

HSMR in SwedenHSMR in SwedenLength of stayLength of stay,,1998-20041998-2004

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0-7 days 0.52 0.51 0.53

8-14 days 0.48 0.47 0.49

15-28 days 0.71 0.70 0.72

29-365 days 1.00 --

HSMR in SwedenHSMR in Sweden1998-20041998-2004

OR 95 % Ci• Transfer from other hospital 1,26 1,24-1,28

• Not planned 2,53 2,50-2,56

HSMRHSMR in Sweden in SwedenAdmission dataAdmission data

Example: Transfer from other Transfer from an Total number ofclinic, same hospital other hospital admissions 2003-2004

Sahlgrenska 1,2% 2,8% 212 706

Ryhov 4,4% 4,8% 56 700

Norrlands universitetssj 5,6% 7,6% 65 865

Linköping 5,4% 10,6% 83 700

Huddinge sjukhus 8,5% 6,2% 96 000

MAS 8,4% 2,2% 98 900

Akademiska sjukhuset 10,1% 43,5% 105 600( Uppsala )

All hospitals 4,1% 8,0% 2 819 000

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OR 95 % CI

Stockholm 0,850,8

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Uppsala 0,870,8

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Dalarna 0,910,8

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Jönköping 0,930,9

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Västra Götaland 0,980,9

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Kronoberg 1,000,9

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Jämtland 1,020,9

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Kalmar 1,041,0

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Gotland 1,051,0

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Västernorrland 1,061,0

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Skåne 1,061,0

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Blekinge 1,091,0

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Norrbotten 1,091,0

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Gävleborg 1,141,1

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Värmland 1,151,1

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Örebro 1,181,1

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Södermanland 1,181,1

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Västmanland 1,211,1

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Kalmar 1,061,0

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Gävleborg 1,081,0

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Värmland 1,091,0

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Blekinge 1,091,0

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Västmanland 1,171,1

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Södermanland 1,201,1

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HSMR, County Council, compensated for transfer within hospital

HSMR in SwedenHSMR in SwedenData quality problem:

• Transfer within hospital (1,2 - 10,1%)

• Transfer between hospitals (2,2 - 43,5%)

• Underreporting planned/not planned

• Large vs. small hospitals?

HSMR in SwedenHSMR in SwedenFuture steps:• Present the method and publish preliminary results on county council

level in the Swedish Medical Journal

• Discuss data quality with those responible on county council level

• Consider to use HSMR as a national indicator

• Pilot project in the South-east healthcare region on structured patient

record review on hospital deaths with IHIs Trigger Tool