Total Hip Replacement (THR) Quality Measures
The mortality rate (measured as a percentage) provides general
information about the quality of care delivery, and can be an important quality
indicator. However, some hospitals care for patients with a greater severity
of illness and therefore may have a higher mortality rate.
Total hip replacement,
an elective surgery, has a relatively low mortality rate. The known predictors
of in-patient mortality include age, presence or type of hip fracture, and
the presence of any significant coexisting conditions.
According to the most recent data available from the Healthcare
Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the inpatient mortality rate
for total hip replacement (partial and total) was 1.13 percent.