Recent chsrpc_coshpd items

Outcomes for Maternal Hospital Care in California, 1999-2001

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The California Hospital Outcomes Program is an initiative mandated by the State of California, and conducted by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), to develop public reports comparing hospital outcomes for selected conditions and treatments in hospitals throughout the state. Over the last decade, OSHPD has reported hospital mortality rates for heart attack and community-acquired pneumonia. A separate OSHPD program produces reports on hospital and surgeon outcomes for heart bypass surgery (www.oshpd.ca.gov).

This is the first public report that OSHPD has published on maternal hospital care in California. The report is based on analysis of Patient Discharge Data (PDD) records submitted to OSHPD by licensed acute care hospitals, as well as Vital Statistics (VS) birth certificate records submitted to the California Department of Public Health. The delivery patients were admitted to the hospital between October 1999 and November 2001.

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OSHPD Postpartum Maternal Outcomes Validation Study

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The California Hospital Outcomes Project is an initiative mandated by the State of California and conducted by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), to develop public reports comparing hospital outcomes for selected medical conditions and surgical procedures for patients treated in hospitals throughout California. Over the last decade, CHOP has reported risk-adjusted hospital mortality rates for heart attack and community-acquired pneumonia. In 2005, OSHPD is releasing its first report on obstetric care.

Delivery was selected as an important topic for public reporting because it is the most frequent single reason for hospitalization in California, and because complications of delivery are associated with substantial health care costs and impairment of function. In 2003, for example, there were 170,465 repairs of obstetric lacerations and 147,084 cesarean deliveries performed in California hospitals – more than any other surgical procedure....

Third Report of the California Hospital Outcomes Project (1997): Report on Heart Attack, 1991-1993 Volume 2

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Third Report of the California Hospital Outcomes Project (1997): Report on Heart Attack, 1991-1993 Volume 2

Third Report of the California Hospital Outcomes Project (1997): Report on Heart Attack, 1991-1993 Volume 1

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Third Report of the California Hospital Outcomes Project (1997): Report on Heart Attack, 1991-1993 Volume 1

Third Report of the California Hospital Outcomes Project (1997): Report on Heart Attack, 1991-1993 Volume 3

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Third Report of the California Hospital Outcomes Project (1997): Report on Heart Attack, 1991-1993 Volume 3

Second Report of the California Hospital Outcomes Project (1996): Acute Myocardial Infarction Volume Two: Technical Appendix-chatper010