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Inpatient Mortality for Stroke Patients

Strong Memorial Hospital's inpatient mortality rate for stroke was 12.02% in 2006. This includes both patients with typical "ischemic" strokes due to blocked blood vessels or clots and patients with the much more severe "hemorrhagic" strokes due to bleeding into the brain. Because of Strong's role in the Finger Lakes region, the very sickest of the patients with either ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke may be transferred in from other hospitals with the hope that advanced, state-of-the-art care by neurology or neurosurgery specialists might limit the damage and risk of mortality from the stroke.

The mortality rate (measured as a percentage) provides general information about the quality of care delivery, and can be an important quality indicator. However, some hospitals care for patients with a greater severity of illness and therefore may have a higher mortality rate.

According to the most recent national data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the inpatient mortality rate for stroke in the U.S. was 10.74%.