title: HCFA's Medicare mortality statistics for a New Jersey hospital.
abstract: We assessed the severity of illness in 40 Medicare patients with an acute myocardial infarction to determine whether HCFA's observed-to-predicted mortality ratio was related to quality of care or severity of illness. The authors present a study from a New Jersey hospital.
authors.affiliation: Jersey City Medical Center, NJ 07304, USA.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Damato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reisner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality*; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States