title: HIM resources--practice tools: mortality review.
abstract: As discussed here, HCFA mortality information is not a simple index of hospital performance. The data included are just one indicator of patient outcome for just one group of the total in-patient hospital population. With growing public interest in the quality of healthcare, however, it is in a hospital's best interest to analyze HCFA mortality data and respond to public inquiries regarding quality of care.
authors: B A
authors: BA
authors: Glondys
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States