Fig 2.
Risk standardized mortality within 30 days of discharge among Medicare patients admitted to hospital for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia (medical conditions targeted by the HRRP in the US). Spline fitted trends of mortality are shown, by target condition. Data based on Medicare fee-for-service patients aged 65 or over between 1 January 2012 and 1 October 2015