Acute care

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Acute care

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Avoidable mortality from treatable causes (number of deaths)
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Hand hygiene (by hospital audit)
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VRE infection rate
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MRSA infection rate or Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus specific infection rate
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Clostridium difficile associated disease rate
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Staff perceptions of patient safety at the unit level, very good or excellent
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Inpatient fall rate
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Hip Fracture Surgery Within 48 Hours
(The following description comes from the source organization.) Long wait times for patients who have a hip fracture are associated with a higher risk of complications following surgery, including death. This indicator looks at how many patients age…
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Wait time for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (within 42 days)
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Age-standardized average length of stay (ALOS) in the hospital

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