Statistical Analysis on Death Cases Admitted into Hospital within 24 Hours in a Tertiary Hospital
Author(s): LU Yao, ZHU Guang-wei, DU Ling, ZHANG Jian-lin, YANG Jun, HE Yi, XU Xiao-lian
Pages: 16-19
Year: 2015 Issue: 6
Journal: Hospital Management Forum
Keyword: Death case; Data analysis; General hospital;
Abstract: Objective Through statistical analysis on death cases admitted into hospital within 24 hours in a tertiary hospital in past three years, provide data for hospital's quality management and specialty development. Methods Collected information of death cases admitted into hospital within 24 hours from the medical records system and calculate age, gender distribution, case variety, diagnosis coincidence, death cause sequence, cost, admission department and so on. Results The amount and proportion of death cases within 24 hours descended stably. In these cases, male were more than female and most were middle-aged with C&D category diseases. The main causes of death were car accident, injury, intoxication, cardiac disease, cerebral apoplexy and malignant tumor. Their diagnosis coincidence was higher than that of other inpatients in the same period. These cases were mainly admitted to ICU, neurosurgery and cardiovascular department. The evacuation of intracranial hematoma and decompressive craniectomy were the top two surgeries in these death cases. There was no severe fluctuation in the hospitalization cost. Conclusion Information about death cases admitted into hospital within 24 hours could reflect hospital emergency treatment, medical quality and administration. Therefore, long-term monitoring and connotation analysis on such data should be strengthened in our hospital.
Pages: 16-19
Year: 2015 Issue: 6
Journal: Hospital Management Forum
Keyword: Death case; Data analysis; General hospital;
Abstract: Objective Through statistical analysis on death cases admitted into hospital within 24 hours in a tertiary hospital in past three years, provide data for hospital's quality management and specialty development. Methods Collected information of death cases admitted into hospital within 24 hours from the medical records system and calculate age, gender distribution, case variety, diagnosis coincidence, death cause sequence, cost, admission department and so on. Results The amount and proportion of death cases within 24 hours descended stably. In these cases, male were more than female and most were middle-aged with C&D category diseases. The main causes of death were car accident, injury, intoxication, cardiac disease, cerebral apoplexy and malignant tumor. Their diagnosis coincidence was higher than that of other inpatients in the same period. These cases were mainly admitted to ICU, neurosurgery and cardiovascular department. The evacuation of intracranial hematoma and decompressive craniectomy were the top two surgeries in these death cases. There was no severe fluctuation in the hospitalization cost. Conclusion Information about death cases admitted into hospital within 24 hours could reflect hospital emergency treatment, medical quality and administration. Therefore, long-term monitoring and connotation analysis on such data should be strengthened in our hospital.
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