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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Jan 24;99(3):932–938. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.10.069

Table 2.

Change in hospital mortality ranking

Rank Number (%) of hospitals changing mortality rankings based on whether the administrative vs. clinical registry data are used
Administrative Data (RACHS-1 cases) vs. Clinical Registry Data (STAT cases) Administrative Data (AHRQ cases) vs. Clinical Registry Data (STAT cases)
No change in rank 4 (12%) 7 (21%)
Change in rank:
≥1 rank positions 28 (88%) 26 (79%)
≥ 2 rank positions 24 (72%) 21 (64%)
≥ 3 rank positions 17 (52%) 16 (48%)
≥ 4 rank positions 15 (45%) 10 (30%)
≥ 5 rank positions 8 (24%) 5 (15%)
Change in mortality tertile 6 (18%) 6 (18%)
Change in statistical outlier classification 4 (12%) 2 (6%)