Summary

Hospital mortality statistics are widely used but widely misinterpreted. This Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA) accredited course, will help you understand what you can and cannot learn. You will learn how they are derived and (ab)used. You will learn how best to report mortality statistics and understand how to investigate a high/low hospital mortality statistic.

Feedback from previous course attendees

"I learned that comparing hospitals based on mortality statistics is flawed and we need something more sophisticated to do the comparison."

"I liked the pacing and story-telling nature of the presentation. The method of layering on knowledge was excellent."

"Long time analyst but new to NHS mortality stats and this session was a real eye-opener as to what importance (or lack of) to give them and how to explain them better to others …."

By the end of the session, you will:

• Understand the context of hospital mortality statistics and explain their significance in healthcare quality assessment
• Understand the difference between crude and case mix or risk adjusted mortality rates
• Understand the rationale for case-mix adjustment
• Understand how hospital mortality statistics are derived and the use of different risk adjustment schemes
• Explain how a statistical measure in general is constructed and what it is measuring
• Understand the crucial difference between avoidable deaths and excess mortality
• Understand why excess mortality does not equate to avoidable deaths
• Understand how to report and investigate hospital mortality statistics
• Recognise that there are more effective approaches to measuring the quality of healthcare
   

Audience and pre-requisites

This course is for anyone who works in the public sector, who is interested in understanding hospital mortality statistics

Duration: 1/2 day – 09.15 to 12.30

Location: Online

Your training will be led by: Professor Mohammed A Mohammed

For more information about this course contact the Training & Development Lead, Rachel Caswell