In-hospital Heart Failure Mortality Rate
October 2009 - September 2010

What the graph is saying

For this measure, lower percentages are better. The in-hospital mortality rate at St. John's and Woodwinds was lower than the Midwest average. HealthEast and St. Joseph's had higher in-hospital mortality rates than the Midwest average.

About mortality rates

The heart failure mortality rate is the number of patients with this condition who die.

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