California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development

Healthcare Information Division
Research Briefs

Brief #1 – November 2008 – Mortality in California Hospitals, 2006

Mortality in California Hospitals is the first in a series of research briefs about the quality and safety of healthcare in California’s hospitals. “Mortality in California Hospitals, 2006” provides information on patient deaths that occurred in a hospital. The brief identifies in-hospital mortality rates, top 5 admitting diagnoses of patients that die in-hospital, end-of-life preferences, conditions associated with higher mortality rates and factors that most strongly predict death.