Inpatient 30-Day Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rate for PCI

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), is a therapeutic procedure used to widen the narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart. During a PCI procedure, a catheter is threaded to the site of the blockage in a coronary artery. In conjunction with the catheter, devices are used during the procedure to open the blockage. In some cases PCI is used as an emergency treatment for patients who are experiencing a heart attack or who may be in shock. Most cases, however, are not performed on an emergency basis.

Risk-adjusted mortality rate takes into consideration some patients admitted to SBUH are sicker than others, often having complicated medical conditions that may increase the likelihood of death. This method is applied to enable hospitals with more medically complex patients to accurately compare themselves to other hospitals throughout the state of New York.

The risk-adjusted 30-day mortality rate for 2008 was 1.15%, among 1,774 patients at SBUH.

A low score is better than a high score.

	The SBUH 2007 score is for the period January 2007 through December 2007. The SBUH 2008 score is for the period January 2008 through December 2008, which is the most recent data available from the New York State Department of Health (DOH).
	The New York State average score summarizes the average of health care organizations throughout New York State reporting to the DOH for the period January 2008 through December 2008.
	N/A signifies there is no available data that summarizes results from the Top 10% of health care organizations reporting to the DOH.

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