U.S. hospital mortality rate improvement
This statistic shows the improvement in mortality rates 2007-2009 amongst all hospitals in the United States, sorted by mortality rates for inhospital care as well as 30 and 180 days following hospitalization. In addition to presenting information on improvement in the United States overall, this graph includes further data on hospitals of differing quality ratings. In the United States overall, mortality rates improved by 8.2 percent, but in five-star hospitals, mortality rates improved by 9.81 percent.
