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Mortality and Complications Outcomes

2019 Methodology

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Data Acquisition 3 Cohort Definitions and Outcomes 4 Defining In-Hospital Complications 5

Diagnosis Records With Unknown or Empty POA Indicator 6 Diagnosis Records With POA Indicators 7 Independent vs. Dependent Complications 7

Multivariate Logistic Regression Models 7 Statistically Significant Risk Factors 7 Model Coefficient Summary and Fit Statistics Tables 8 Adjustment for POA Fill Rate as an Additional Model Variable 8 Hospital Performance 8

Limitations of the Data Models 9 Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions 10 Appendix B. Coefficient Summary Table – Mortality Cohorts 18 Appendix C. Coefficient Summary Table – Complication Cohorts 77 Appendix D. Model Fit Statistics 105 Appendix E. Hospital Ratings Removal Policy 106 Appendix F. All-Payer States Citations and Disclaimers 107

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Introduction To help consumers evaluate and compare hospital performance for care provided during a hospital stay for specific conditions or procedures, Healthgrades analyzed clinical outcomes data for virtually every hospital in the country. Analyses included Medicare-patient care records for nearly 4,500 short-term, acute care hospitals nationwide, assessing hospital performance relative to each of 32 common conditions and procedures (cohorts), plus two cohorts using all-payer data. The Healthgrades methodology uses multivariate logistic regression to risk adjust for patient demographic and clinical risk factors that influence patient outcomes in significant and systematic ways.

The purpose of risk adjustment is to obtain fair statistical comparisons of mortality and complication rates between hospitals while accounting for differences in underlying risk factors observed in the data among disparate populations or groups. Significant differences in demographic and clinical risk factors are found among patients treated in different hospitals; thus, it is necessary to make accurate and valid comparisons of clinical outcomes with a methodology using risk-adjustment techniques. Risk factors may include age, gender, specific procedure performed, and comorbid conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes.

Individual risk models are constructed and tailored for each of the 34 conditions or procedures relative to each specific outcome. Model clinical outcomes reflect clinical-based measures of patient status during and after care (during the episode of care in a hospital stay) and include: in-hospital complications, in-hospital mortality, and 30-day post-admission mortality. In cases where Medicare data do not adequately represent the population with a specific condition or having a specific procedure, such as appendectomy and bariatric surgery, Healthgrades evaluated hospitals using all-payer data from 15 states and the District of Columbia.

Data Acquisition Healthgrades used the following data sources in the analysis of hospital patient records:

• Medicare inpatient data from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) file purchased from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for years 2015 through 2017. The MedPAR data were selected for several reasons:

• Almost every hospital in the country is included in the database, with the exception of military and Veterans Administration hospitals.

• Accuracy is regulated. Hospitals are required by law to submit complete and accurate information for fee-for-service Medicare patient hospital care with substantial penalties for those that report inaccurate or incomplete data.

• The Medicare population represents a majority of the patients for virtually all of the clinical categories studied.

• Inpatient data for the appendectomy and bariatric surgery cohorts were provided by 15 states and the District of Columbia that provide all-payer state data.

• Colorado • Maryland • Oregon • Virginia* • District of Columbia • Nevada* • Pennsylvania • Washington* • Florida • New Jersey • Rhode Island* • West Virginia • Iowa • New York • Texas • Wisconsin

*See Appendix F. All-payer States Citations and Disclaimers

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• Since the appendectomy and bariatric surgery cohorts include very few patients older than 65 years of age, all-payer state data were used to rate hospitals in those states where state data were available. Consequently, appendectomy and bariatric surgery cohorts were based exclusively on state data from years 2014 through 2016 (one year behind MedPAR data years).

Healthgrades conducted a series of data quality checks to preserve the integrity of the analyses. Based on the applied integrity checks, up to 50% of patient records were excluded from the MedPAR 2015-2017 and all-payer 2014-2016 analysis, depending on the cohort. Patient records were identified for exclusion because, for example, they were determined to be miscoded or were otherwise inappropriate for inclusion in the data sets used for analyses.

Examples of Healthgrades standard rules used to exclude patient records are:

• Patients under the age of 65.

• Patients who left the hospital against medical advice or who were transferred to another acute care hospital.

• Patients discharged alive with a length of stay that is inconsistent with the reason for admission (e.g., a patient discharged alive with a one-day length of stay for valve surgery would be excluded because this procedure requires several days for in-hospital recovery).

• Patients who were still in the hospital when the claim was filed.

• Patients with an invalid gender (e.g., a prostatectomy related to a female patient).

• Patients with an invalid age.

• Patients who have had any organ transplant.

• Patients in medical cohorts who were discharged to hospice.*

• Patients in medical cohorts with metastatic cancers.* * Medical cohorts include non-surgical cohorts: bowel obstruction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetic emergencies, gastrointestinal bleed, heart attack, heart failure, hip fracture treatment, pancreatitis, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, respiratory failure, sepsis, and stroke.

Cohort Definitions and Outcomes Healthgrades analyzed clinical outcomes (mortality and complications) for each of 34 condition or procedure cohorts. For each, a list of specific procedures and diagnoses that define the cohort as well as a list of exclusions representing rare and/or clinically complex diagnoses and procedures that cannot be adequately risk-adjusted were developed. A full list of ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes can be found in Healthgrades ICD-10 Mapping Tool at https://icd10mappingtool.healthgrades.com/.

Inclusion criteria for cohort analyses required at least 30 cases across three years of data and at least five cases in the most current year per hospital. As a result, the number of hospitals that qualified and received a rating ranged from a low of 450 rated for bariatric surgery to a high of 4,048 rated for pneumonia.

For 19 of the cohorts, clinical outcomes evaluated were in-hospital and 30-day post-admission mortality (see Table 1).

For 15 of the cohorts, the clinical outcome evaluated was the occurrence of one or more in-hospital complications (see Table 1). Clinical and coding experts define the complications for these 15 cohorts. A list of in-hospital complications by cohort can be found in Healthgrades ICD-10 Mapping Tool at https://icd10mappingtool.healthgrades.com/.

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For the analyses, clinical outcomes were dichotomous:

• Complications were documented in the patient record as either present or not present.

• Mortality was documented in the patient record as either recorded as alive or deceased. In cohorts where the clinical outcome was complications, mortality was considered a complication.

Table 1. Mortality and Complication Cohorts Mortality Cohorts Bowel Obstruction Heart Failure

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Pancreatitis

Colorectal Surgeries Pneumonia

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery Pulmonary Embolism

Coronary Interventional Procedures Respiratory Failure

Cranial Neurosurgery Sepsis

Diabetic Emergencies Small Intestine Surgeries

Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries Stroke

Gastrointestinal Bleed Valve Surgery

Heart Attack In-Hospital Complication Cohorts Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Hip Replacement

Appendectomy Pacemaker Procedures

Back and Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion) Peripheral Vascular Bypass

Bariatric Surgery Prostate Removal Surgery

Carotid Procedures Spinal Fusion

Defibrillator Procedures Total Knee Replacement

Gallbladder Removal Surgery Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery

Hip Fracture Treatment

Defining In-Hospital Complications For some procedures and treatments, Healthgrades evaluates in-hospital complications—if patients experience one or more complications during their hospital stay for a procedure or treatment.

While complications sometimes occur during a patient's hospital stay, Healthgrades pinpoints complications that should not occur with a typical patient. Many of these complications are preventable and usually cause a prolonged hospital stay, additional and costly medical treatments, harm, and sometimes even death.

In October of 2007 (fiscal year 2008), CMS began requiring most hospitals to provide a present on admission (POA) indicator for every diagnosis submitted. This indicator is intended to distinguish complications that occur during a patient’s hospital stay from those present at the time the patient was admitted to the hospital.

Hospitals excluded from the POA requirement included: critical access hospital, long-term care hospitals, cancer hospitals, children’s inpatient facilities, rural health clinics, inpatient rehabilitation or psychiatric hospitals, and federal healthcare facilities. Hospitals in Maryland generally operated under a waiver in section 1814(b)(3) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and were exempt from POA

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reporting until October 2014. CMS began requiring Maryland hospitals to report POA status beginning in the 2014 fiscal year.

Table 2 shows the POA indicators listed in the 2017 MedPAR file layout document* and how they were used by Healthgrades in determining in-hospital complications in the current 2019 award year analyses. These indicators are identical to those in the all-payer state data file.

Table 2. Present On Admission Indicators POA Indicator (Interpretation)

CMS Description*

Use by Healthgrades

Y (Yes, Present)

Present at the time of inpatient admission

Utilized in the risk-adjustment process

N (No, Not Present)

Not present at the time of inpatient admission

Used to identify in-hospital complications

U, [blank], 1, Other (Unknown)

Documentation is insufficient to determine if condition was present on admission Unreported/not used—exempt from POA reporting

May require the co-occurrence of other codes to be a complication, see Records with No POA Indicator section below. If not considered a complication, it may be used in risk adjustment.

W (Clinically Undetermined)

Provider is unable to clinically determine whether condition was present on admission or not.

Not considered a complication nor used in risk adjustment

* MedPAR Limited Data Set – Hospital (National) File Layout. Also known as, Expanded Modified MedPAR File Layout. March 2016. Available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Files-for-Order/LimitedDataSets/Downloads/2017_MedPAR_Version_R2K_Layout.zip

Diagnosis Records With Unknown or Empty POA Indicator When utilizing administrative patient records, Healthgrades identifies diagnosed conditions as either pre-existing or hospital-acquired. Only the hospital-acquired conditions are considered as in-hospital complications in our analyses.

To differentiate between pre-existing and hospital-acquired conditions when there is no POA indicator or the POA indicator is U (unknown), Healthgrades uses the presence of a postoperative complication code to identify a documented occurrence of a complication. For example, in the case where a patient record contains ICD-9 427.31 or ICD-10 I48.0 (Atrial Fibrillation) without a POA indicator, that code is considered a comorbid risk factor if it occurs by itself and an in-hospital complication if there is an ICD 997.1 Cardiac Complications code or one of several ICD-10 cardiac complication codes, including I97.89 (Other Post-Procedural Complications and Disorder of Circulatory System, NEC), also present in the patient record.

Healthgrades does not require the presence of a postoperative complication code for diagnoses that were clearly hospital-acquired (e.g., heart attack in an elective procedure such as total knee replacement).

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Diagnosis Records With POA Indicators When there is a POA indicator present, a diagnosis is only considered an in-hospital complication if the POA indicator is set to No. This means that the condition was not present at the time of admission and was acquired during the hospitalization episode of care.

Independent vs. Dependent Complications Complications are “independent” if the condition clearly occurred during a patient’s hospital stay or if the condition is defined as postoperative by the coding definition. These conditions only require a single code to be present in order to be counted as a complication. They are not counted as a complication if the POA indicator was “Yes” or “Clinically Undetermined”. Complications described as “dependent” are conditions that must either have POA indicator set to “No” or if the POA indicator is set to “Unknown” or is missing, there must also be the listed the ICD-9 900 postoperative complication code or its ICD-10 equivalent present in the patient record. These conditions require two codes (the condition ICD code and the 900 series complication code or its ICD-10 equivalent) to be considered a complication. A full list of ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes can be found in Healthgrades ICD-10 Mapping Tool at https://icd10mappingtool.healthgrades.com/.

Multivariate Logistic Regression Models For each of the 34 cohorts, individual risk models were constructed and tailored for each condition or procedure relative to the specific clinical outcome; including, in-hospital complications, in-hospital mortality or 30-day post-admission mortality.

Healthgrades methodology uses multivariate logistic regression to adjust for patient risk factors that influence patient outcomes in significant and systematic ways. Risk factors may include age, gender, specific procedure performed, comorbid conditions. Examples of comorbid conditions that may be evaluated include hypertension, chronic renal failure, heart failure, and diabetes.

Statistically Significant Risk Factors For each cohort, comorbid diagnoses (e.g., hypertension, chronic renal failure, anemia, and diabetes), demographic characteristics (age and gender), source of patient admission, and specific procedures (e.g., percutaneous coronary intervention in heart bypass surgery) were classified as potential risk factors. Healthgrades used logistic regression to determine which of these potential risk factors were statistically significant in predicting the outcome measure (e.g., mortality). All risk factors that remained in the final model were statistically significant at the p ≤ .05 level in predicting the clinical outcome.

Risk factors with an odds ratio less than 1.0 were removed from the final model. There were occasional exceptions to this rule, determined by statistical and clinical expert review. For example, risk factors that have been documented in the medical literature to be associated with lower risk of mortality or complications and risk factors that are part of the cohort definition remained in the model even if the odds ratio was less than one (e.g., clipping of aneurysm in stroke).

Appendix B lists the coefficient summary table for each of the 19 mortality-based cohorts. Appendix C lists the coefficient summary table for each of the 15 complication-based cohorts. Included in the summary tables are the risk factor descriptions, the model coefficients, standard errors, z-statistics, and odds ratios.

The statistical models were checked for predictive ability and finalized. All of the models were predictive of the outcome being measured, with c-statistics ranging from 0.664 to 0.940. These cohort-specific and outcome-specific models were then used to estimate the probability of the outcome for each patient in the cohort (predicted probability of mortality and complications). Appendix D, Model Fit Statistics contains the c-stat with a 95% confidence interval for each risk-adjustment model by cohort.

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Model Coefficient Summary and Fit Statistics Tables (See Appendix B and Appendix C for coefficient summary tables for 34 logistic regression models. For each model, tables include the following items:

• Model (factor) Coefficient – This represents the increase or decrease to the patient level log odds when the patient has the associated factor.

• Standard Error – This is a measure of variation for the coefficient.

• Z-Statistic – This is a test statistic which provides a measure of the strength of the relationship between the factor and the outcome.

• Odds Ratio – This is the most commonly interpreted component of a logistic regression model. This indicates the relative increase in the likelihood of a negative outcome (mortality or complication) when a patient has the risk factor relative to a patient who does not.

Adjustment for POA Fill Rate as an Additional Model Variable POA fill rates were included as an additional independent variable for each year of data. The POA fill rate was calculated as the percent of diagnosis codes having a known POA indicator value of Yes, No or Clinically Undetermined among patients in that cohort at that hospital.

This additional risk adjustment was necessary because critical access hospitals were exempt from POA reporting. Thus, these hospitals had lower rates of detectable in-hospital complications and conversely, more conditions potentially factored into the acuity adjustment. Testing verified that the inclusion of POA fill rates in the logistic regression model adequately adjusted for the differing overall rates of complications between hospitals reporting POA and the exempt hospitals.

Hospital Performance Once the regression models were developed, Healthgrades stratified hospital performance for each of the 34 conditions or procedures into three categories:

Better Than Expected – Actual performance was better than predicted and the difference was statistically significant at alpha = 0.1.

As Expected – Actual performance was not statistically significantly different from what was predicted at alpha = 0.1.

Worse Than Expected – Actual performance was worse than predicted and the difference was statistically significant at alpha = 0.1.

Developing the Healthgrades hospital performance categories involved four steps:

1. The hospital predicted value (predicted number of deaths or complications at each hospital) was calculated by summing the individual patient record predicted values determined from logistic regression models discussed above.

2. The hospital predicted value was compared with the actual or observed value (e.g., actual number of deaths or complications at each hospital).

3. A test was conducted to determine whether the difference between the predicted and actual values was statistically significant. This test was performed to make sure that differences were very unlikely to be caused by chance alone. A z-score was used to establish an approximate 90% confidence interval.*

4. Hospital performance star-levels were determined based upon the outcome of the test for statistical significance.

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*In stratifying hospital performance categories, Healthgrades establishes a 90% confidence interval for z-score distribution with cut-offs of 1.645 standard deviations above and below the mean. The 5-star hospital performance category for a specific condition or procedure includes scores more than 1.645 standard deviations above the mean. The 1-star hospital performance category for a specific condition or procedure includes scores more than 1.645 standard deviations below the mean. Additionally, the Hosmer-Lemeshow patient level variance estimates were used to calculate hospital specific standard deviations for test of statistical significance.

Limitations of the Data Models While logistic regression models may be valuable in identifying hospitals that perform better than others for care provided during a hospital stay, one should not use this information alone to determine the quality of care provided at each hospital. The models are limited by the following factors:

• Cases may have been coded incorrectly or incompletely by the hospital.

• The models can only account for risk factors that are coded into medical claims record. If a particular risk factor was not coded into the billing data, such as a patient’s socioeconomic status and health behavior, then it was not accounted for with these models.

Please note that hospitals grouped into the 5-star category for performance in a specific cohort do not serve as a recommendation or endorsement by Healthgrades for a particular hospital; it means that the data associated with a particular hospital have met the foregoing qualifications. Individual patients should decide, in conjunction with their doctor, whether a particular hospital is suited for their unique needs.

Also note that if more than one hospital reported to CMS under a single provider ID, Healthgrades analyzed patient outcomes data for those hospitals as a single unit. Throughout this document, therefore, “hospital” refers to one hospital or a group of hospitals reporting under a single provider ID. Some hospitals that operate as a single unit submit data under multiple provider IDs. In this case, the data from the multiple provider IDs are combined and reported under the parent hospital provider ID.

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Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions

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Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions Appendectomy

Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Appendectomy Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Laparoscopic • Open procedures

• None

Bariatric Surgery Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Bariatric Surgery

• Diagnosis of obesity or morbid obesity

• Open and laparoscopic gastric bypass, banding, or restriction

• Revision of gastric restriction procedures

• Primary or metastatic malignancies

• Duodenal, gastric, or peptic ulcers

• Patients undergoing a non-bariatric (not for weight loss) GI procedure

Cardiac Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery (Isolated) Primary Procedure May have a PCI in this stay Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Coronary bypass of one or more arteries

• Patient discharged alive with a length of stay < 1 day

• Cases with accompanying: o Valve repair and

replacement, including catheter-based valve procedures

o Aortic aneurysm repair o Carotid endarterectomy

Coronary Interventional Procedures (PCI) - Inpatient Primary Procedure is PCI or Principal Procedure of Intra-aortic balloon pump with PCI in a subsequent coded position Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Removal of coronary artery obstruction

• Single or multi-vessel • Balloon angioplasty with or

without thrombolytic agent • Stent may be bare metal or drug

eluting

• CABG or valve surgery during the same stay

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Cardiac Service Line (continued) Defibrillator Procedures Defined by Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Defibrillator implants • CABG or valve surgery during the same stay

• Coronary angioplasty/stent during the same stay

Heart Attack Primary Diagnosis Includes patients who receive thrombolytics, PCI, CABG, Valve Surgery, or medical management only during the hospital stay Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• All myocardial infarctions • Respirator-dependent status • Heart assist device • Metastatic cancers • Discharge to hospice

Heart Failure Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Systolic, diastolic, combined, left, or rheumatic

• Acute or chronic • Decompensated or

compensated

• Dialysis during the same stay • Respirator-dependent status • Heart assist device • Metastatic cancers • Discharge to hospice

Pacemaker Procedures Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Pacemaker implants and/or leads

• Replacement of pacemaker implant and/or leads

• Revision of pacemaker implants and/or leads

• Pacemaker and/or lead removal

• CABG or valve surgery during the same stay

• Coronary angioplasty/stenting during the same stay

Valve Surgery Procedure at any position May have CABG during the same hospital stay Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Replacement with repair • Open or endoscopic repair • Aortic, mitral, pulmonary, or

tricuspid, including TAVR

• Aortic dissections and repairs • Patients discharged alive with

a length of stay < 1 day

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Critical Care Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Diabetic Emergencies Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Diabetic ketoacidosis • HHNK (Hyperosmolar

Hyperglycemic Non-Ketotic Coma)

• Hypoglycemic shock

• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Respirator-dependent status • Patients discharged alive with

a length of stay < 1 day • Discharge to hospice

Pulmonary Embolism Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Pulmonary embolism and infarction

• Septic or other • Without acute cor pulmonale

• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Patients discharged alive with

a length of stay < 1 day • Discharge to hospice

Respiratory Failure Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Acute respiratory failure • Acute and chronic respiratory

failure

• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Discharge to hospice

Sepsis Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Sepsis o Bacterial o Viral o Unspecified organism

• Severe sepsis • Septic shock

• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Patients discharged alive with

a length of stay < 1 day • Discharge to hospice

Gastrointestinal Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Bowel Obstruction Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Pyloric stenosis • Gastrojejunal ulcer with

obstruction • Intestinal obstruction without

hernia • Duodenal ulcer with obstruction • Other obstruction of duodenum • Hernia with obstruction • Gallstone ileus • Intussusception

• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Discharge to hospice • Patients deceased with a

length of stay <1 day

Colorectal Surgeries Primary Procedure Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Resection of colon • Resection of rectum • Hemicolectomy (Open and

laparoscopic) • Sigmoidectomy (Open and

laparoscopic) • Cecectomy (Open and

laparoscopic) • Large-to-Large intestine

anastomosis • Colostomy procedure

• Metastatic cancers

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Gastrointestinal Service Line (continued) Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries Primary Procedure Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Gastrostomy • Gastrectomy • Procedures for control of

bleeding • Sutures of ulcer sites • Repairs of stomach or esophagus

• Metastatic cancers • Patients undergoing a bariatric

(weight loss) procedure

Gallbladder Removal Surgery (Cholecystectomy) Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Open or laparoscopic • Total or partial

• Does not include primary procedure of gallbladder stenting

Gastrointestinal Bleed Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Bleeding/hemorrhage from any of the following: o Esophageal varices o Esophageal ulcer o Gastric ulcer o Duodenal ulcer o Peptic ulcer o Gastrojejunal ulcer o Gastritis or duodenitis o Angiodysplasia of stomach

and duodenum o Diverticulosis o Rectum or anus o Dieulafoy lesion of intestine

• Hematemesis • Melena • Hemorrhage of GI tract,

unspecified

• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Respirator-dependent status • Discharge to hospice • Patients deceased with a

length of stay <1 day

Small Intestine Surgeries Primary Procedure Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Resection of small intestine • Small-to-small intestine

anastomosis • Small-to-large intestine

anastomosis • Creation, revision, or closure of

stoma of small intestine • Repair of small intestine

• Metastatic cancers • Patients undergoing a bariatric

(weight loss) procedure

Pancreatitis Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Acute • Chronic • Cyst and pseudocyst of pancreas

• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Respirator-dependent status • Discharge to hospice

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Neurosciences Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Cranial Neurosurgery Primary Procedure Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Intracranial vascular procedures for hemorrhage: o Aneurysm repairs o Clippings o Coilings o Intracranial angioplasties

• Craniotomies • Ventricular shunts

• Head trauma • Patients deceased with a

length of stay <1 day • Discharge to hospice

Stroke Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Subarachnoid hemorrhage • Intracerebral hemorrhage • Intracranial hemorrhage,

unspecified • Occlusion and stenosis of basilar,

carotid, or vertebral artery • Cerebral thrombosis, embolism,

or occlusion

• Hospitals transferring more than 10% of their population

• Subdural bleeds • Extradural bleeds • Patients deceased with a

length of stay <1 day • Patients discharged alive with

a length of stay < 1 day • Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Respirator-dependent status • Discharge to hospice

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Orthopedic Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Hip Fracture Treatment Primary Diagnosis and Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) May be treated with total hip replacement Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Closed femur neck fractures • Closed trochanteric and

subtrochanteric fractures • Closed intertrochanteric fractures

• Injuries associated with major trauma

• Open fractures of the femur neck

• Closed fracture of the epiphysis of the neck of the femur

• Femur shaft fractures • Knee replacement during

same hospital stay • Patients discharged alive with

a length of stay < 1 day • Discharge to hospice

Hip Replacement Primary Procedure and Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Primary hip replacement • Bilateral cases • Partial and total hip resurfacing

• Injuries associated with major trauma

• Hip fracture diagnosis • Revisions • Removal of hardware • Knee replacement during the

same stay

Total Knee Replacement Primary Procedure and Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Primary total knee replacement [bicompartmental, tricompartmental, unicompartmental (hemi-joint)]

• Bilateral cases

• Injuries associated with major trauma

• Revisions • Removal of hardware • Hip replacement (total or

partial) or hip resurfacing during the same stay

Prostatectomy Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Prostate Removal Surgery Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Radical prostatectomy – suprapubic, retropubic, and perineal approaches

• Local excision of lesion of prostate

• None

Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Transurethral guided laser induced prostatectomy (TULIP)

• Other transurethral prostatectomies (including TURP)

• None

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Pulmonary Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Chronic bronchitis • Simple and obstructive bronchitis

with and without exacerbation • Chronic airway obstruction, not

elsewhere classified • Chronic obstructive asthma • Emphysema • Bronchiectasis

• Respirator-dependent status • Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Discharge to hospice

Pneumonia Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of

admission

• Pneumonia o Bacterial o Fungal o Viral o Unspecified organism

• Respirator-dependent status • Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • SARS-related • Discharge to hospice

Spine Surgery Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Back & Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion) Primary Procedure and DRG Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Cervical, thoracic, and/or lumbar spine laminectomy, laminoplasty, foraminotomy

• Repair or reduction of vertebral fracture Removal on bony spicules

• Elevation of spinal bone fragments

• Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc

• Removal of herniated nucleus pulposus

• Insertion of motion preservation devices

• Injuries associated with major trauma

• Post-laminectomy syndrome: cervical, thoracic, or lumbar

• Patients with secondary bone cancer

Spinal Fusion Primary Procedure and DRG Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• 2-7 level fusion • Performed within 3rd cervical

vertebrae to lumbosacral spine • Single incision approach

• Injuries associated with major trauma

• C1-C2 fusions • 8+ level fusions • Refusions or removal of

previously placed material • Post-laminectomy syndrome:

cervical, thoracic, or lumbar • Insertion of spinal disc

prosthetics • Spinal column malignancies

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Vascular Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Excision of aneurysm and resection with anastomosis with and without replacement of the aorta

• Endovascular implantation of a graft in the abdominal aorta

• Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm

• Aortic dissection • During the same stay:

o CABG and/or Valve surgery

o Resection of thoracic vessel

• Combination of stenting/anastomosis procedures

• Incision of vessel for embolectomy or thrombectomy

Carotid Procedures Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Carotid endarterectomy • Carotid stent placement • Percutaneous angioplasty of pre-

cerebral vessels

• Presence of subarachnoid, intracerebral and subdural hemorrhage

• CABG during the same stay • Resection of other peripheral

vessel with anastomosis

Peripheral Vascular Bypass Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates

• Peripheral vascular shunt or bypass: o Axillary-brachial o Axillary-femoral o Brachial o Femoral-femoral o Femoroperoneal o Femoropopliteal o Femorotibial o Popliteal o Vascular bypass not

otherwise specified

• Revisions • Upper extremity embolism

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Appendix B. Coefficient Summary Tables – Mortality Cohorts

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Appendix B. Coefficient Summary Table – Mortality Cohorts Bowel Obstruction

In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.562 0.038 14.861 1.754 0.356 0.031 11.352 1.427

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.486 0.115 4.229 1.626 0.47 0.093 5.035 1.599

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.893 0.065 13.824 2.443 0.728 0.055 13.179 2.07

ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.265 0.054 4.884 1.303 0.229 0.047 4.873 1.257

AdmitSourceXferHospital * * * * 0.177 0.033 5.403 1.194

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.162 0.072 2.244 1.176

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.314 0.042 7.427 1.37

Age70To74 0.152 0.047 3.225 1.164 0.144 0.035 4.074 1.155

Age75To79 0.372 0.045 8.272 1.45 0.35 0.034 10.292 1.419

Age80To84 0.631 0.044 14.453 1.879 0.598 0.033 18.071 1.818

Age85To89 0.886 0.044 20.3 2.426 0.886 0.033 26.841 2.425

Age90AndOver 1.091 0.045 24.196 2.978 1.204 0.034 35.599 3.332

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.167 0.035 4.709 1.181 0.442 0.026 17.244 1.556

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.135 0.025 5.387 1.145

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.124 0.043 2.903 1.133

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.294 0.025 11.773 1.342 0.306 0.019 16.282 1.359

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.212 0.078 2.728 1.236 * * * *

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.145 0.048 3.016 1.156 0.182 0.038 4.859 1.2

CACHEXIA 0.728 0.064 11.356 2.07 0.71 0.051 13.782 2.033

CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.328 0.137 2.402 1.389

CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.839 0.113 7.4 2.313 0.736 0.1 7.364 2.087

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.323 0.028 11.388 1.381 0.299 0.022 13.889 1.349

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.135 0.035 3.822 1.145 0.114 0.027 4.202 1.121

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.442 0.06 7.416 1.555 0.474 0.046 10.304 1.607

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.311 0.041 7.536 1.365 0.315 0.031 10.058 1.371

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.491 0.085 5.742 1.634 0.738 0.062 11.982 2.091

COLONOSCOPY AND FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY 0.255 0.063 4.046 1.29 0.229 0.048 4.753 1.257

COLOSTOMY, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 0.647 0.069 9.315 1.91 0.45 0.058 7.765 1.568

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.257 0.034 7.674 1.294 0.273 0.026 10.705 1.314

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.086 0.025 3.417 1.09 0.046 0.019 2.417 1.047

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.468 0.042 11.118 1.597

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.214 0.053 4.04 1.239 0.276 0.04 6.856 1.318

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.048 0.022 2.12 1.049

DILATION OF INTESTINE 0.208 0.083 2.499 1.232 0.217 0.062 3.505 1.242

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Bowel Obstruction (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.494 0.031 16.123 1.638 0.66 0.023 28.749 1.935

Endoscopic insertion of colonic stent(s) -0.585 0.27 -2.168 0.557 * * * *

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.36 0.067 20.432 3.898 1.123 0.091 12.307 3.074

EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY 0.795 0.066 12.009 2.214 0.526 0.06 8.819 1.692

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE * * * * 0.241 0.096 2.511 1.272

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.428 0.063 6.84 1.534 0.31 0.05 6.214 1.363

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.247 0.046 5.313 1.28 0.194 0.037 5.239 1.214

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.42 0.052 8.06 1.522 0.302 0.042 7.227 1.352

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.533 0.066 8.112 1.704 0.521 0.051 10.112 1.683

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.415 0.031 13.487 1.515 0.478 0.024 19.676 1.613

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.727 0.081 8.988 2.069 0.702 0.068 10.367 2.018

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.315 0.028 11.149 1.37 0.238 0.022 10.883 1.269

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.235 0.043 5.415 1.265 0.206 0.033 6.177 1.229

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.341 0.063 5.427 1.407 0.394 0.049 8.074 1.483

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.278 0.061 4.567 1.321 0.331 0.048 6.949 1.392

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.087 0.029 3.025 1.09 0.103 0.022 4.73 1.108

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.183 0.045 4.062 1.2

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.575 0.099 5.787 1.777 0.567 0.081 6.992 1.763

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.149 0.061 2.438 1.161 0.207 0.047 4.425 1.23

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.389 0.086 4.538 1.476 0.336 0.069 4.893 1.399

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.129 0.045 2.894 1.138 0.104 0.034 3.014 1.109

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.373 0.151 2.475 1.453 0.404 0.12 3.366 1.498

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.495 0.087 5.67 1.641 0.426 0.068 6.225 1.531

HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.438 0.08 5.507 1.55 0.318 0.066 4.822 1.375

HYDRONEPHROSIS * * * * 0.237 0.058 4.07 1.268

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.275 0.055 5 1.317 0.341 0.043 7.944 1.406

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.337 0.052 6.427 1.401 0.296 0.041 7.154 1.344

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.154 0.035 4.381 1.166 0.202 0.027 7.594 1.224

INTESTINAL OR PERITONEAL ADHESIONS WITH OBSTRUCTION (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) * * * * -0.186 0.025 -7.428 0.83

LYSIS OF PERITONEAL ADHESIONS 0.603 0.027 22.411 1.827 0.329 0.026 12.589 1.389

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.819 0.145 5.654 2.269 0.62 0.123 5.063 1.86

OPEN AND OTHER CECECTOMY 0.521 0.118 4.422 1.684 0.405 0.102 3.988 1.499

OPEN AND OTHER RESECTION OF TRANSVERSE COLON 0.959 0.158 6.085 2.61 0.839 0.142 5.893 2.314

OPEN AND OTHER RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY 0.928 0.065 14.279 2.531 0.631 0.056 11.235 1.879

OPEN AND OTHER SIGMOIDECTOMY 0.476 0.081 5.856 1.61 0.198 0.068 2.917 1.219

Other and open repair of other hernia of anterior abdominal wall with graft or prosthesis 0.171 0.056 3.052 1.187 * * * *

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED VENTRAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.119 0.057 2.078 1.127 * * * *

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.421 0.092 4.591 1.523 0.413 0.072 5.778 1.512

OTHER ENDOSCOPY OF SMALL INTESTINE 0.452 0.069 6.551 1.572 0.232 0.057 4.048 1.261

OTHER GASTROENTEROSTOMY WITHOUT GASTRECTOMY 0.952 0.191 4.975 2.592 0.408 0.179 2.28 1.504

OTHER PARTIAL RESECTION OF SMALL INTESTINE 0.781 0.033 23.715 2.183 0.553 0.028 19.648 1.738

OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.117 0.04 2.944 1.125 0.159 0.03 5.376 1.172

PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.135 0.05 2.692 1.145

PARALYTIC ILEUS * * * * 0.153 0.025 6.143 1.166

PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.191 0.092 2.071 1.21

PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE * * * * 0.198 0.095 2.084 1.219

PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.792 0.069 11.439 2.209 0.7 0.062 11.213 2.013

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.432 0.099 4.374 1.54 0.394 0.076 5.153 1.483

Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.533 0.135 3.96 1.704 0.54 0.101 5.349 1.716

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.504 0.134 3.767 1.656

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.332 0.142 2.341 1.394

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.575 0.119 -4.823 0.563 -0.468 0.088 -5.292 0.626

Repair of other hernia of anterior abdominal wall 0.151 0.048 3.166 1.163 * * * *

SEPTIC SHOCK 1.199 0.129 9.257 3.315 1.014 0.119 8.542 2.758

SexFemale -0.178 0.023 -7.732 0.837 -0.189 0.017 -10.879 0.828

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.773 0.029 130.726 43.514 3.372 0.027 124.581 29.126

TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.221 0.092 2.415 1.248 0.205 0.072 2.847 1.227

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.224 0.056 4.032 1.251 0.127 0.044 2.908 1.136

Unilateral repair of inguinal hernia, not otherwise specified 0.189 0.086 2.195 1.208 * * * *

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.451 0.058 7.784 1.57 0.57 0.044 12.825 1.768

UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.473 0.052 9.14 1.605 0.381 0.045 8.45 1.464

VOLVULUS 0.127 0.047 2.683 1.135 0.141 0.038 3.719 1.151

CHRONIC DUODENAL ILEUS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTION OF DUODENUM * * * * 0.346 0.096 3.618 1.413

Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis, not otherwise specified * * * * -0.412 0.159 -2.59 0.662

Other and open repair of direct inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis * * * * -0.237 0.055 -4.307 0.789

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE * * * * 0.105 0.035 3.033 1.11

ACIDOSIS 0.661 0.029 22.614 1.936 0.363 0.019 18.812 1.438

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.646 0.022 28.859 1.907 0.47 0.013 35.604 1.599

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.948 0.055 17.262 2.58 0.623 0.038 16.449 1.864

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.9 0.025 36.735 2.46 0.37 0.016 23.757 1.448

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.348 0.044 7.879 1.416 0.234 0.027 8.723 1.263

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.245 0.091 2.675 1.277 0.278 0.052 5.349 1.32

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.267 0.049 5.437 1.306 0.481 0.027 17.655 1.618

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.385 0.053 7.29 1.47 0.589 0.031 18.882 1.802

Age70To74 0.227 0.032 7.114 1.255 0.227 0.018 12.652 1.255

Age75To79 0.316 0.032 9.972 1.372 0.367 0.018 20.607 1.443

Age80To84 0.413 0.032 12.741 1.512 0.521 0.018 28.621 1.683

Age85To89 0.372 0.035 10.597 1.451 0.639 0.019 32.989 1.894

Age90AndOver 0.332 0.04 8.311 1.393 0.82 0.021 38.334 2.271

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.161 0.018 9.004 1.175

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.181 0.032 5.633 1.198

ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE * * * * 0.17 0.024 7.073 1.185

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.162 0.015 11.008 1.176

ANXIETY STATE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.059 0.013 4.383 1.061

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.318 0.02 15.841 1.374 0.275 0.011 24.749 1.316

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.335 0.055 6.08 1.398 0.169 0.034 5.02 1.184

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.122 0.026 4.76 1.13

BRONCHIECTASIS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION -0.155 0.073 -2.122 0.856 -0.314 0.043 -7.375 0.731

BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.76 0.12 6.359 2.138 0.202 0.078 2.596 1.224

CACHEXIA 0.474 0.045 10.525 1.606 0.501 0.029 17.303 1.651

CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.302 0.04 7.469 1.353

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.692 0.047 14.59 1.999 0.442 0.028 15.631 1.556

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.242 0.049 4.969 1.274 0.279 0.028 9.914 1.322

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.192 0.034 5.561 1.211 0.146 0.019 7.563 1.158

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.317 0.101 3.157 1.374 0.414 0.056 7.374 1.512

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.322 0.022 14.452 1.38 0.295 0.012 24.075 1.343

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.173 0.011 15.493 1.189

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.708 0.022 31.879 2.031 0.712 0.013 54.886 2.037

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.765 0.059 12.908 2.15 0.845 0.034 24.674 2.327

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE * * * * 0.077 0.027 2.896 1.08

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.211 0.026 8.148 1.235 0.217 0.015 14.675 1.242

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.251 0.039 6.464 1.285 0.081 0.023 3.47 1.084

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.543 0.03 18.211 1.721 0.521 0.02 25.603 1.684

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.463 0.08 18.186 4.317 0.894 0.062 14.385 2.446

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.475 0.025 19.208 1.608 0.202 0.015 13.571 1.224

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.092 0.032 2.847 1.096 0.088 0.018 4.933 1.092

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.436 0.039 11.153 1.546 0.396 0.025 15.831 1.486

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.559 0.045 12.444 1.748 0.373 0.028 13.225 1.453

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.078 0.032 2.407 1.081 0.095 0.019 5.157 1.1

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.263 0.023 11.317 1.301

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.386 0.02 19.76 1.471 0.158 0.011 14.218 1.171

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.454 0.046 9.975 1.575 0.407 0.027 15.174 1.503

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.155 0.035 4.375 1.168 0.148 0.02 7.421 1.16

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.398 0.064 6.227 1.489 0.302 0.039 7.774 1.352

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 1.037 0.085 12.264 2.821 0.691 0.057 12.178 1.995

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.855 0.055 15.412 2.35 0.713 0.036 19.725 2.041

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.481 0.035 13.69 1.618 0.409 0.021 19.118 1.505

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.288 0.03 9.749 1.334 0.193 0.017 11.433 1.213

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.52 0.054 9.58 1.682 1.011 0.029 35.36 2.749

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG * * * * 0.66 0.054 12.113 1.935

OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.561 0.127 4.433 1.753 0.205 0.083 2.466 1.228

OTHER DYSPNEA AND RESPIRATORY ABNORMALITY * * * * 0.172 0.045 3.823 1.188

OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.734 0.121 6.055 2.083 0.315 0.076 4.154 1.37

PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.155 0.042 3.653 1.168

PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.259 0.09 2.882 1.295 0.503 0.047 10.617 1.653

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.401 0.045 8.884 1.494 0.449 0.024 18.357 1.566

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.726 0.075 9.728 2.067

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.615 0.155 3.966 1.85 0.703 0.089 7.894 2.02

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.095 0.078 -13.972 0.335 -0.59 0.045 -13.214 0.554

SexFemale -0.188 0.019 -10.11 0.829 -0.308 0.01 -29.745 0.735

SINOATRIAL NODE DYSFUNCTION 0.178 0.051 3.507 1.195 0.082 0.029 2.817 1.085

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.697 0.022 165.639 40.341 2.631 0.019 141.572 13.89

TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.137 0.031 4.356 1.146

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.333 0.043 7.661 1.395 0.248 0.025 9.735 1.281

UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.108 0.041 2.657 1.115

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.484 0.042 11.428 1.623 0.511 0.025 20.604 1.666

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.124 0.02 6.257 1.132

Viral Pneumonia 0.616 0.17 3.621 1.851 * * * *

ALKALOSIS * * * * 0.219 0.041 5.314 1.245

ASBESTOSIS * * * * 0.177 0.074 2.396 1.193

EDEMA * * * * 0.077 0.036 2.123 1.08

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

LOSS OF WEIGHT * * * * 0.161 0.046 3.54 1.175

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE * * * * 0.2 0.07 2.853 1.222

OTHER MALAISE AND FATIGUE * * * * 0.189 0.021 9.154 1.209

PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.222 0.025 8.81 1.249

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Colorectal Surgeries In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE * * * * 0.194 0.059 3.313 1.214

ACIDOSIS 0.634 0.031 20.725 1.885 0.545 0.027 20.063 1.725

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.348 0.076 4.607 1.416 0.371 0.067 5.557 1.45

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.963 0.095 10.099 2.618 0.96 0.093 10.287 2.612

ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.406 0.121 3.347 1.501

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.41 0.08 5.112 1.508 0.372 0.069 5.354 1.451

ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.618 0.134 4.613 1.855 0.443 0.121 3.675 1.557

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.591 0.042 13.951 1.806 0.501 0.039 12.841 1.651

ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.701 0.038 18.427 2.016 0.659 0.035 18.659 1.933

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.131 0.039 3.343 1.14 0.141 0.034 4.219 1.152

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.222 0.078 2.856 1.249

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.315 0.061 5.186 1.37 0.363 0.05 7.215 1.437

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.169 0.083 2.037 1.185 0.507 0.066 7.642 1.66

Age70To74 0.205 0.036 5.623 1.227 0.233 0.031 7.51 1.262

Age75To79 0.416 0.036 11.572 1.515 0.498 0.03 16.403 1.645

Age80To84 0.608 0.037 16.577 1.837 0.74 0.031 23.962 2.095

Age85To89 0.823 0.039 21.306 2.278 1.05 0.032 32.59 2.857

Age90AndOver 0.98 0.045 21.79 2.666 1.381 0.036 37.988 3.98

ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.703 0.147 4.795 2.019 0.518 0.125 4.148 1.679

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.305 0.031 9.849 1.357

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.331 0.053 6.23 1.393

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.273 0.024 11.415 1.314 0.275 0.02 13.983 1.316

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.22 0.055 4.023 1.246 0.266 0.045 5.931 1.305

CACHEXIA 0.393 0.079 5.006 1.482 0.557 0.066 8.471 1.746

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.264 0.027 9.762 1.302 0.316 0.022 14.332 1.371

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.14 0.034 4.117 1.15 0.194 0.027 7.109 1.215

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.308 0.058 5.34 1.361 0.408 0.046 8.851 1.504

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.224 0.042 5.344 1.251 0.265 0.034 7.788 1.303

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.626 0.081 7.716 1.87 0.492 0.06 8.164 1.636

CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.548 0.081 6.763 1.731 0.425 0.075 5.662 1.53

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.608 0.072 8.389 1.836 0.778 0.056 13.785 2.177

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.352 0.033 10.608 1.422 0.331 0.028 12.025 1.392

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.054 0.024 2.216 1.056 0.075 0.02 3.778 1.078

DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.533 0.128 12.018 4.632 1.406 0.129 10.89 4.078

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.929 0.085 10.902 2.531 1.071 0.07 15.249 2.917

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Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.316 0.073 4.306 1.372 0.257 0.061 4.228 1.294

FECAL IMPACTION 0.346 0.083 4.194 1.414 0.39 0.07 5.553 1.477

GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.471 0.095 4.964 1.601 0.603 0.082 7.35 1.828

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.277 0.091 3.034 1.32 0.202 0.076 2.653 1.224

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.369 0.056 6.614 1.447 0.27 0.047 5.702 1.309

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.159 0.045 3.529 1.173 0.173 0.037 4.703 1.189

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.291 0.047 6.248 1.338 0.291 0.04 7.366 1.338

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.542 0.055 9.816 1.719 0.687 0.046 14.965 1.987

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.073 0.029 2.558 1.076 0.214 0.024 8.909 1.239

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.223 0.047 4.725 1.25 0.248 0.041 5.986 1.281

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.211 0.028 7.572 1.234 0.221 0.023 9.464 1.247

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.218 0.041 5.278 1.244 0.225 0.034 6.699 1.253

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.22 0.04 5.468 1.247

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.243 0.05 4.901 1.275 0.261 0.04 6.563 1.299

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.075 0.034 2.241 1.078 0.124 0.028 4.444 1.132

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.205 0.051 4.049 1.227 0.226 0.043 5.195 1.253

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.283 0.072 3.936 1.328

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.134 0.048 2.803 1.144

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.153 0.058 2.624 1.166

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.271 0.102 2.648 1.312

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.125 0.044 2.881 1.134 0.146 0.037 3.983 1.157

HP129_CVG Incisions of Small Intestine 0.545 0.182 2.998 1.725 0.347 0.172 2.012 1.415

HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.529 0.035 15.098 1.697 0.447 0.032 13.991 1.564

HP131_CVG Small Intestine Anastamosis Procedures 0.875 0.214 4.09 2.399 0.698 0.194 3.591 2.01

HP132_CVG Exteriorization of Small Intestine 0.487 0.103 4.718 1.628 0.414 0.091 4.569 1.513

HP133_CVG Ileostomies 0.609 0.031 19.585 1.839 0.578 0.028 20.623 1.783

HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.743 0.133 5.566 2.102 0.681 0.126 5.422 1.975

HP174_CVG Anal-Rectal Procedures -0.343 0.039 -8.88 0.71 -0.187 0.032 -5.92 0.829

HP176_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis and Large-to-Large Anastomosis - Moderate Mortality 0.668 0.027 24.996 1.951 0.377 0.027 13.799 1.458

HP177_CVG Colon Resection Anastomosis – High Mortality 0.497 0.028 17.697 1.644 0.237 0.027 8.754 1.267

HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.193 0.046 4.204 1.213 0.129 0.039 3.292 1.137

HP180_CVG Other Rectal Procedures -0.483 0.071 -6.794 0.617 -0.227 0.049 -4.624 0.797

HP183_CVG Stoma 0.455 0.035 13.122 1.577 0.39 0.03 12.889 1.477

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.336 0.047 7.186 1.4 0.306 0.04 7.68 1.358

INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.292 0.056 5.176 1.338 0.261 0.051 5.116 1.299

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

INTESTINAL OR PERITONEAL ADHESIONS WITH OBSTRUCTION (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.215 0.065 3.292 1.24 * * * *

LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.459 0.096 -4.755 0.632 -0.349 0.074 -4.742 0.705

LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.269 0.114 2.365 1.308

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.495 0.14 3.549 1.641 0.765 0.111 6.917 2.149

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.487 0.14 3.477 1.628 0.326 0.125 2.604 1.386

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.686 0.067 10.183 1.987 0.568 0.06 9.456 1.765

OTHER ASCITES 0.291 0.049 5.945 1.338 0.335 0.043 7.761 1.398

OTHER DISORDERS OF PLASMA PROTEIN METABOLISM * * * * 0.211 0.059 3.584 1.235

OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.458 0.073 6.266 1.581 0.413 0.066 6.255 1.511

OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.484 0.07 6.916 1.622 0.46 0.058 7.931 1.583

OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.172 0.049 3.509 1.187 0.098 0.043 2.301 1.103

OTHER SPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.194 0.069 2.822 1.214 0.276 0.064 4.349 1.318

P4641_CVG Revision of Stoma of Small Intestine * * * * -0.243 0.117 -2.069 0.785

P4674_CVG Closure of Fistula of Small Intestine, Except Duodenum 0.46 0.092 4.975 1.584 0.369 0.084 4.368 1.446

PANCYTOPENIA 0.335 0.089 3.77 1.397 0.519 0.07 7.416 1.681

PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.193 0.061 3.15 1.213

PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.252 0.099 2.553 1.287 * * * *

PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.619 0.035 17.595 1.857 0.647 0.032 20.075 1.911

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.365 0.105 3.479 1.441 0.352 0.088 4.016 1.421

Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.333 0.125 2.671 1.395 0.455 0.102 4.474 1.577

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.529 0.104 5.094 1.698

SEPTIC SHOCK 1.078 0.035 30.716 2.939 0.986 0.032 30.344 2.68

SEVERE SEPSIS 0.204 0.041 4.948 1.226 0.183 0.038 4.823 1.2

SexFemale -0.168 0.022 -7.785 0.845 -0.213 0.018 -11.976 0.808

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.058 0.028 108.864 21.29 3.53 0.029 121.51 34.123

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.26 0.046 5.686 1.297 0.397 0.037 10.687 1.487

TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.205 0.099 2.075 1.228 0.175 0.081 2.161 1.192

ULCERATIVE COLITIS, UNSPECIFIED 0.305 0.092 3.33 1.357 0.257 0.082 3.132 1.293

UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.318 0.046 6.857 1.374 0.318 0.04 7.997 1.375

UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.211 0.046 4.555 1.235 0.237 0.043 5.57 1.268

UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.619 0.04 15.557 1.856 0.566 0.036 15.54 1.761

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.092 0.035 2.644 1.097 0.157 0.029 5.465 1.17

VOLVULUS * * * * 0.226 0.038 5.904 1.253

HP175_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality * * * * -0.267 0.038 -7.072 0.765

HP181_CVG Rectal Resection and Anastomosis * * * * -0.099 0.045 -2.194 0.906

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Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE * * * * 0.34 0.122 2.776 1.405

OTHER SPECIFIED DISORDERS OF PERITONEUM * * * * 0.2 0.065 3.066 1.221

P4591_CVG Small-to-Small Intestinal Anastomsis * * * * 0.353 0.137 2.583 1.424

PERITONITIS (ACUTE) GENERALIZED * * * * 0.16 0.055 2.895 1.174

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.23 0.1 2.294 1.259 * * * *

ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.219 0.102 2.153 1.245 0.175 0.089 1.962 1.192

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.139 0.175 6.527 3.124 1.147 0.163 7.034 3.149

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.246 0.08 3.092 1.279 0.225 0.071 3.167 1.252

ADHESIVE PERICARDITIS 0.718 0.137 5.223 2.05 0.572 0.128 4.467 1.771

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.155 0.036 4.281 1.168 0.124 0.032 3.877 1.132

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.317 0.103 3.089 1.373 0.347 0.089 3.891 1.415

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.679 0.259 2.622 1.973 0.701 0.228 3.073 2.016

Age70To74 0.281 0.046 6.13 1.325 0.271 0.04 6.806 1.312

Age75To79 0.57 0.046 12.321 1.769 0.55 0.04 13.621 1.733

Age80To84 0.927 0.05 18.645 2.527 0.922 0.043 21.31 2.515

Age85To89 1.093 0.067 16.262 2.984 1.121 0.058 19.2 3.068

Age90AndOver 1.475 0.151 9.79 4.372 1.565 0.13 12.013 4.784

ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 0.634 0.244 2.598 1.884 0.797 0.215 3.713 2.22

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.601 0.111 5.434 1.824 0.555 0.099 5.593 1.741

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY * * * * 0.282 0.129 2.195 1.326

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.193 0.038 5.017 1.212 0.247 0.033 7.457 1.28

CARDIAC ARREST 0.772 0.124 6.199 2.163 0.769 0.115 6.715 2.158

CARDIAC PACEMAKER IN SITU 0.171 0.086 1.99 1.186 * * * *

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.464 0.06 7.717 1.59 0.435 0.057 7.684 1.544

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.248 0.041 6.109 1.282 0.253 0.035 7.162 1.289

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.569 0.085 6.709 1.766 0.551 0.075 7.32 1.734

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.359 0.041 8.865 1.432 0.333 0.036 9.208 1.395

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.603 0.164 3.69 1.828

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.312 0.108 2.892 1.367 0.533 0.086 6.169 1.705

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.509 0.064 23.598 4.523 1.16 0.102 11.354 3.189

EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, OPEN APPROACH - INCLUSIVE 0.278 0.106 2.616 1.32 0.243 0.092 2.642 1.276

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE * * * * 0.321 0.112 2.875 1.378

hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.619 0.059 10.449 1.858 0.599 0.053 11.327 1.82

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.249 0.056 4.478 1.282 0.231 0.049 4.678 1.26

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.665 0.083 8.056 1.945 0.68 0.073 9.382 1.975

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.67 0.07 9.642 1.955 0.687 0.062 11.049 1.987

HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 0.427 0.056 7.588 1.532 0.409 0.052 7.889 1.506

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.331 0.044 7.491 1.392 0.275 0.039 7.026 1.317

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC * * * * 0.221 0.093 2.373 1.248

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.312 0.053 5.883 1.367 0.333 0.046 7.185 1.395

IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.765 0.035 50.938 5.841 1.521 0.032 48.033 4.575

INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 3.017 0.105 28.782 20.423 2.793 0.102 27.363 16.324

MULTIPLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.519 0.089 -5.817 0.595 -0.545 0.08 -6.839 0.58

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME * * * * 0.495 0.171 2.888 1.64

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.381 0.119 3.201 1.463 0.363 0.104 3.491 1.437

PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.307 0.141 2.178 1.36

PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY [PTCA] - BYP-VLV Specific 0.337 0.069 4.915 1.4 0.39 0.062 6.273 1.476

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.95 0.188 -5.048 0.387 -0.724 0.172 -4.217 0.485

SexFemale 0.445 0.032 14.005 1.561 0.378 0.028 13.487 1.459

SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.644 0.045 -14.426 0.525 -0.581 0.04 -14.399 0.559

AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR IN SITU * * * * 0.276 0.118 2.34 1.317

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.929 0.028 33.224 2.531 0.792 0.024 32.549 2.207

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.205 0.025 8.07 1.227 0.26 0.019 13.888 1.297

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.695 0.026 27.01 2.004 0.575 0.022 26.25 1.776

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.544 0.083 6.556 1.723 0.473 0.068 6.997 1.605

Age70To74 0.299 0.03 9.896 1.348 0.251 0.024 10.534 1.286

Age75To79 0.597 0.03 19.85 1.816 0.525 0.024 22.112 1.691

Age80To84 0.801 0.031 25.941 2.227 0.764 0.024 31.564 2.147

Age85To89 1.083 0.033 33.131 2.955 1.077 0.026 42.115 2.935

Age90AndOver 1.417 0.039 36.227 4.124 1.462 0.031 47.659 4.313

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.511 0.068 7.484 1.668 0.676 0.052 12.977 1.966

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.107 0.022 4.895 1.113

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.219 0.034 6.405 1.244 0.289 0.025 11.33 1.335

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.356 0.076 4.686 1.428 0.332 0.06 5.548 1.394

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION * * * * 0.235 0.109 2.156 1.266

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.144 0.021 6.929 1.155 0.247 0.016 15.413 1.28

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.303 0.051 5.888 1.354 0.256 0.045 5.628 1.292

CARDIAC ARREST 1.269 0.039 32.638 3.558 1.138 0.036 31.677 3.12

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.98 0.027 36.928 2.664 0.88 0.024 37.108 2.412

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.197 0.025 7.887 1.217 0.268 0.019 14.044 1.307

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.123 0.022 5.632 1.13

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.425 0.045 9.46 1.529 0.448 0.036 12.488 1.565

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.238 0.032 7.544 1.269 0.27 0.025 10.66 1.31

CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.257 0.024 10.645 1.294 0.21 0.019 10.79 1.234

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.297 0.024 12.177 1.346 0.345 0.019 17.971 1.412

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.11 0.03 3.689 1.117

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.088 0.022 4.057 1.092

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.036 0.017 2.076 1.037

DISSECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.534 0.116 4.621 1.705 0.422 0.098 4.304 1.524

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.103 0.065 17.08 3.012 1.137 0.05 22.525 3.117

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.254 0.07 3.608 1.289 0.242 0.054 4.469 1.273

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE * * * * 0.037 0.018 2.075 1.037

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.103 0.033 3.135 1.108 0.173 0.025 7.026 1.189

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY * * * * 0.164 0.027 6.041 1.179

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.219 0.043 5.076 1.244 0.403 0.031 12.819 1.497

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.438 0.046 9.485 1.55 0.77 0.035 22.055 2.161

HD143_CVG INFERIOR WALL AMI 0.943 0.029 32.533 2.569 0.822 0.023 35.234 2.275

HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.302 0.026 49.363 3.675 1.215 0.021 58.031 3.37

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.337 0.024 14.317 1.4 0.32 0.019 16.523 1.377

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.304 0.028 10.833 1.355 0.288 0.022 13.373 1.334

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.305 0.039 7.753 1.356 0.353 0.032 11.143 1.423

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.162 0.04 4.009 1.176

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.321 0.037 8.629 1.378 0.359 0.029 12.307 1.432

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.126 0.021 6 1.135

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.117 0.04 2.93 1.124 * * * *

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.639 0.081 7.893 1.895 0.544 0.07 7.829 1.723

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.386 0.04 9.711 1.472 0.348 0.032 10.752 1.416

HYPOTHERMIA (CENTRAL) (LOCAL) 1.346 0.095 14.152 3.842 1.277 0.093 13.788 3.584

IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.808 0.025 72.553 6.099 1.579 0.022 70.31 4.849

INSERTION OF DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) -0.309 0.024 -12.925 0.734 -0.273 0.019 -14.505 0.761

INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 1.688 0.051 33.01 5.41 1.398 0.046 30.694 4.048

LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.403 0.136 2.967 1.496 0.467 0.105 4.469 1.596

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.38 0.085 4.445 1.462 0.35 0.067 5.183 1.419

PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.232 0.075 3.09 1.262 0.268 0.058 4.653 1.308

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.625 0.079 7.923 1.869 0.722 0.058 12.354 2.059

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.482 0.131 -3.694 0.617 -0.35 0.103 -3.387 0.705

PROCEDURE ON FOUR OR MORE VESSELS - INCLUSIVE 0.389 0.126 3.077 1.475 0.335 0.105 3.203 1.398

PROCEDURE ON THREE VESSELS - INCLUSIVE 0.102 0.036 2.839 1.107 0.101 0.028 3.527 1.106

PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.042 0.018 2.395 1.043

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.143 0.047 3.034 1.154

RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.133 0.049 2.729 1.142 * * * *

SEPTIC SHOCK 0.971 0.063 15.374 2.641 0.818 0.057 14.302 2.265

SexFemale 0.215 0.018 11.811 1.239 0.123 0.014 8.626 1.131

SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.293 0.024 12.023 1.34 0.333 0.019 17.28 1.396

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.319 0.063 5.028 1.375 0.462 0.048 9.524 1.587

VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.204 0.042 4.881 1.226 0.168 0.038 4.388 1.183

Diabetes with neurological manifestations, type I [juvenile type], not stated as uncontrolled OR uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.476 0.153 3.123 1.61

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In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.597 0.068 8.754 1.818 0.504 0.06 8.372 1.656

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.176 0.039 30.354 3.24 0.97 0.035 27.762 2.638

AdmitSourceXferHospital -0.141 0.034 -4.203 0.868 -0.061 0.027 -2.211 0.941

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.349 0.093 3.735 1.418

Age70To74 0.116 0.044 2.631 1.123 0.099 0.036 2.726 1.104

Age75To79 0.253 0.045 5.63 1.288 0.322 0.037 8.812 1.381

Age80To84 0.351 0.048 7.316 1.421 0.497 0.039 12.746 1.643

Age85To89 0.484 0.054 9.018 1.622 0.736 0.043 16.976 2.088

Age90AndOver 0.51 0.07 7.289 1.666 1.039 0.055 19.004 2.825

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.183 0.046 3.998 1.201

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.138 0.067 2.048 1.148

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.261 0.033 7.91 1.299 0.279 0.029 9.663 1.322

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.285 0.083 3.421 1.329

CEREBRAL EMBOLISM WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.455 0.142 3.195 1.576 0.384 0.125 3.074 1.468

CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.378 0.065 5.807 1.46 0.279 0.054 5.21 1.322

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.117 0.044 2.658 1.124 0.167 0.035 4.768 1.182

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.236 0.057 4.144 1.267 0.194 0.046 4.201 1.214

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.519 0.109 4.772 1.68 0.521 0.088 5.901 1.684

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.282 0.063 4.47 1.326 0.252 0.051 4.927 1.287

CLIPPING OF ANEURYSM -0.294 0.107 -2.733 0.745 -0.382 0.095 -4.009 0.682

COMA 0.964 0.057 16.891 2.623 0.896 0.053 16.987 2.449

COMPRESSION OF BRAIN 0.143 0.037 3.836 1.154 0.071 0.03 2.355 1.074

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.456 0.05 9.205 1.578 0.369 0.041 8.923 1.446

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.184 0.034 5.479 1.202 0.153 0.028 5.562 1.165

DECOMPRESSION OF TRIGEMINAL NERVE ROOT -2.592 0.604 -4.295 0.075 -2.201 0.369 -5.957 0.111

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.182 0.049 3.701 1.2 0.192 0.041 4.727 1.212

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.195 0.037 5.269 1.215 0.217 0.03 7.315 1.243

ELEVATION OF SKULL FRACTURE FRAGMENTS 0.822 0.324 2.534 2.275 * * * *

ENDOVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION OR OCCLUSION OF VESSEL(S) OF HEAD OR NECK USING BIOACTIVE COILS -0.514 0.228 -2.259 0.598 -0.521 0.2 -2.609 0.594

ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 0.344 0.074 4.64 1.411 0.322 0.06 5.336 1.381

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.168 0.093 12.588 3.216 1.205 0.079 15.185 3.337

EXCISION OF ACOUSTIC NEUROMA -1.059 0.467 -2.267 0.347 -0.89 0.327 -2.719 0.411

EXCISION OF LESION OR TISSUE OF CEREBRAL MENINGES -0.582 0.097 -6.004 0.559 -0.491 0.07 -7.012 0.612

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

FLACCID HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.487 0.202 2.416 1.628

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE * * * * 0.153 0.073 2.09 1.165

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.172 0.072 2.41 1.188 0.145 0.059 2.45 1.156

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.295 0.063 4.682 1.344 0.179 0.053 3.384 1.196

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.158 0.048 3.302 1.171

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.363 0.051 7.052 1.438 0.289 0.044 6.634 1.335

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.166 0.065 2.543 1.181 0.224 0.053 4.252 1.251

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.088 0.034 2.603 1.091

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.376 0.093 4.046 1.457 0.271 0.082 3.32 1.311

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.316 0.124 2.558 1.372

HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.333 0.091 3.641 1.395 0.159 0.078 2.025 1.172

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.381 0.071 5.401 1.463 0.353 0.062 5.657 1.423

IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF INTRACRANIAL NEUROSTIMULATOR LEAD(S) -2.108 0.394 -5.351 0.122 -1.57 0.226 -6.948 0.208

INCISION OF CEREBRAL MENINGES 0.23 0.042 5.524 1.258 * * * *

INFARCTION OF A CEREBRAL ARTERY - INCLUSIVE 0.658 0.069 9.531 1.93 0.424 0.06 7.101 1.528

INFUSION OF VASOPRESSOR AGENT 1.296 0.082 15.806 3.654 1.039 0.076 13.63 2.827

INSERTION OF SKULL PLATE -0.521 0.127 -4.109 0.594 -0.412 0.094 -4.397 0.662

INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE 0.495 0.043 11.472 1.641 0.411 0.037 11.043 1.508

INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING 0.336 0.099 3.379 1.399 0.338 0.089 3.783 1.402

INTRACRANIAL VENTRICULAR SHUNT OR ANASTOMOSIS 1.207 0.105 11.494 3.344 0.897 0.091 9.814 2.453

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.504 0.073 6.91 1.656

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF PROSTATE 0.397 0.138 2.868 1.487 * * * *

OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS 0.149 0.05 2.969 1.161 0.204 0.043 4.734 1.227

OPEN BIOPSY OF BRAIN -0.55 0.082 -6.744 0.577 * * * *

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.576 0.093 6.163 1.779 0.437 0.083 5.253 1.548

OTHER CRANIAL PUNCTURE 0.452 0.189 2.391 1.571 * * * *

OTHER CRANIECTOMY 0.416 0.084 4.943 1.516 0.205 0.071 2.904 1.228

OTHER ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE ON OTHER VESSELS 0.334 0.134 2.492 1.397 0.309 0.114 2.718 1.361

OTHER EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF LESION OR TISSUE OF BRAIN -0.592 0.053 -11.197 0.553 -0.269 0.037 -7.28 0.764

OTHER INCISION OF BRAIN 0.352 0.054 6.558 1.423 0.238 0.045 5.261 1.269

OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.445 0.144 3.083 1.561

PERSONAL HISTORY OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA), AND CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT RESIDUAL DEFICITS * * * * 0.097 0.038 2.582 1.102

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.268 0.077 3.486 1.307 0.335 0.069 4.843 1.399

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.748 0.22 -3.4 0.473 -0.651 0.172 -3.784 0.522

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE 0.487 0.158 3.076 1.628 * * * *

REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT OF VENTRICULAR SHUNT -0.548 0.121 -4.536 0.578 -0.513 0.096 -5.337 0.598

REOPENING OR OTHER CRANIOTOMY SITE -0.27 0.066 -4.099 0.764 -0.302 0.05 -6.053 0.74

SexFemale -0.145 0.03 -4.835 0.865 -0.211 0.024 -8.755 0.81

SIMPLE SUTURE OF DURA MATER OF BRAIN 0.413 0.171 2.418 1.511 0.357 0.138 2.595 1.429

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 4.2 0.034 125.323 66.686 3.83 0.032 119.951 46.068

STATUS POST ADMINISTRATION OF TPA (RTPA) IN A DIFFERENT FACILITY WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO ADMISSION TO CURRENT FACILITY 0.22 0.075 2.914 1.246 * * * *

SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE 0.543 0.05 10.763 1.721 0.367 0.045 8.176 1.444

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.473 0.061 7.778 1.605 0.439 0.05 8.767 1.551

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.464 0.093 4.994 1.59 0.318 0.082 3.86 1.374

UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.168 0.046 3.688 1.183

UNSPECIFIED INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE 0.802 0.109 7.354 2.23 0.742 0.096 7.745 2.1

VENTRICULAR SHUNT TO ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND ORGANS -1.753 0.091 -19.322 0.173 -1.197 0.061 -19.588 0.302

VENTRICULOSTOMY 1.179 0.047 25.106 3.252 0.819 0.04 20.214 2.267

FORMATION OF CRANIAL BONE FLAP * * * * -0.458 0.141 -3.246 0.633

LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF ANTICOAGULANTS * * * * 0.107 0.037 2.904 1.112

Malignant neoplasm of brain, unspecified site * * * * 0.41 0.101 4.07 1.506

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF LIVER, SPECIFIED AS SECONDARY * * * * 0.474 0.105 4.52 1.607

Malignant neoplasm of other parts of brain * * * * 0.506 0.173 2.923 1.659

Other malignant neoplasm of unspecified site * * * * 0.561 0.145 3.877 1.753

SECONDARY MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BONE AND BONE MARROW * * * * 0.455 0.084 5.427 1.576

SECONDARY MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF OTHER PARTS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM * * * * 0.553 0.136 4.055 1.738

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.463 0.069 6.747 1.589 0.177 0.046 3.845 1.193

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.506 0.158 3.204 1.659 0.545 0.102 5.344 1.724

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.473 0.108 4.392 1.604 0.368 0.072 5.133 1.445

ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.668 0.181 3.698 1.95 * * * *

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.402 0.072 19.379 4.062 0.883 0.056 15.867 2.418

ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED DEEP VESSELS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.764 0.319 2.396 2.147 0.466 0.202 2.303 1.593

AdmitSourceXferHospital * * * * 0.128 0.059 2.181 1.137

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.228 0.106 2.155 1.256

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.233 0.092 2.525 1.263 0.445 0.052 8.649 1.561

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.494 0.061 8.103 1.639

Age70To74 0.11 0.068 1.626 1.117 0.171 0.041 4.148 1.187

Age75To79 0.307 0.068 4.538 1.36 0.388 0.041 9.442 1.473

Age80To84 0.284 0.072 3.927 1.329 0.596 0.042 14.196 1.815

Age85To89 0.485 0.077 6.336 1.624 0.834 0.044 18.832 2.302

Age90AndOver 0.481 0.09 5.348 1.617 1.068 0.049 21.59 2.91

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.22 0.033 6.64 1.246

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.147 0.064 2.29 1.159

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.363 0.153 2.373 1.437 * * * *

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.128 0.048 2.638 1.136 0.246 0.027 9.03 1.278

BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 2.073 0.206 10.071 7.95 1.317 0.172 7.672 3.731

CACHEXIA 0.631 0.131 4.811 1.879 0.513 0.086 5.942 1.67

CARDIAC ARREST 3.311 0.157 21.143 27.4 2.645 0.145 18.238 14.087

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.19 0.032 5.939 1.209

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.245 0.045 5.407 1.278

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.526 0.122 4.306 1.692

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.153 0.038 4.01 1.165

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.329 0.091 3.61 1.389

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.237 0.054 4.365 1.268 0.275 0.031 8.935 1.317

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.429 0.134 3.206 1.535

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.214 0.055 3.924 1.239

DIABETES WITH COMA, TYPE l (JUVENILE TYPE), NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED 0.713 0.291 2.448 2.04 * * * *

DIABETES WITH KETOACIDOSIS, TYPE I [JUVENILE TYPE], NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED -0.287 0.14 -2.051 0.75 * * * *

DIVERTICULITIS OF COLON (WITHOUT MENTION OF HEMORRHAGE) 0.887 0.319 2.783 2.428 * * * *

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.806 0.054 14.844 2.239 0.768 0.033 23.608 2.155

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.892 0.073 12.196 2.439 1.014 0.044 23.036 2.758

ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 1.325 0.152 8.729 3.763 0.793 0.12 6.622 2.21

GANGRENE 0.801 0.109 7.328 2.229 0.401 0.072 5.546 1.493

GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.385 0.112 3.44 1.469

GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY * * * * 0.393 0.131 2.992 1.481

hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.374 0.076 4.936 1.454 * * * *

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.37 0.087 4.258 1.448 0.251 0.053 4.738 1.285

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.223 0.082 2.702 1.25 0.28 0.047 5.921 1.323

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.409 0.085 4.833 1.506 0.278 0.052 5.394 1.321

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.195 0.074 2.659 1.216

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.351 0.063 5.62 1.421 0.495 0.037 13.315 1.641

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.818 0.125 6.54 2.265 0.441 0.091 4.85 1.554

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.224 0.046 4.899 1.251 0.108 0.027 3.983 1.114

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.141 0.031 4.552 1.152

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.445 0.084 5.287 1.561 0.391 0.053 7.385 1.479

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.172 0.054 3.201 1.188

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.376 0.081 4.623 1.456 0.393 0.049 7.969 1.482

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.393 0.118 3.327 1.482 0.607 0.072 8.386 1.835

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.243 0.051 4.781 1.275

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.392 0.072 5.417 1.479

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.482 0.108 4.462 1.619

HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.26 0.079 3.276 1.297

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.157 0.075 2.096 1.17 * * * *

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.809 0.167 4.836 2.245 0.442 0.122 3.615 1.555

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.541 0.075 7.191 1.718 0.434 0.049 8.812 1.544

HYPERPOTASSEMIA * * * * 0.094 0.038 2.487 1.098

HYPOXEMIA * * * * 0.271 0.086 3.13 1.311

INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.416 0.161 2.58 1.516 0.352 0.099 3.565 1.422

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 1.165 0.133 8.755 3.206

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 1.025 0.234 4.386 2.786

MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.693 0.202 3.433 1.999 * * * *

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.876 0.181 4.852 2.402 0.584 0.123 4.733 1.794

OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS 0.716 0.267 2.685 2.046 * * * *

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 1.124 0.189 5.94 3.078 0.613 0.141 4.356 1.846

OTHER ASCITES 1.101 0.149 7.394 3.006 1.031 0.1 10.313 2.804

OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 1.154 0.279 4.136 3.172 0.69 0.208 3.316 1.994

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.657 0.183 3.587 1.928 * * * *

PARALYTIC ILEUS 1.008 0.274 3.676 2.741 * * * *

PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.266 0.111 2.399 1.305

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.52 0.118 4.422 1.681 0.539 0.081 6.644 1.714

PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II * * * * 0.523 0.057 9.249 1.687

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.32 0.077 4.166 1.377

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.532 0.139 3.831 1.702 0.409 0.085 4.825 1.506

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.413 0.146 2.831 1.512 0.41 0.085 4.809 1.508

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.758 0.153 -11.517 0.172 -1.093 0.105 -10.437 0.335

PULMONARY COLLAPSE * * * * 0.221 0.092 2.402 1.248

PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS * * * * 0.441 0.168 2.62 1.554

RHABDOMYOLYSIS 0.537 0.133 4.036 1.711 * * * *

SEPTIC SHOCK 1.406 0.218 6.447 4.079 1.079 0.188 5.737 2.941

SexFemale -0.164 0.042 -3.881 0.848 -0.172 0.025 -6.974 0.842

SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.204 0.24 5.025 3.333 0.808 0.199 4.054 2.244

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.401 0.054 63.224 29.99 2.546 0.045 56.885 12.761

THORACENTESIS 0.879 0.176 4.997 2.407 0.437 0.122 3.575 1.548

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.183 0.054 3.384 1.201

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.623 0.213 2.927 1.865 0.532 0.149 3.573 1.702

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM * * * * 0.61 0.195 3.12 1.84

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.406 0.131 3.109 1.5 0.444 0.081 5.504 1.558

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.128 0.033 3.866 1.137

VASCULAR DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.188 0.093 2.021 1.207

CHRONIC ULCER OF OTHER SPECIFIED SITES * * * * 0.318 0.129 2.471 1.375

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BREAST (FEMALE), UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.785 0.194 4.056 2.192

ULCER OF CALF * * * * 0.322 0.135 2.382 1.38

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.418 0.032 13.071 1.519 0.208 0.022 9.255 1.231

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.526 0.058 9.051 1.693 0.414 0.04 10.299 1.513

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.965 0.101 9.541 2.624 0.734 0.088 8.363 2.084

ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.513 0.1 5.142 1.67 0.347 0.072 4.833 1.414

ACUTE GASTRIC ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.427 0.108 3.948 1.533 0.335 0.087 3.844 1.397

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.229 0.063 3.606 1.257 0.247 0.043 5.804 1.28

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.599 0.033 18.048 1.821 0.42 0.023 18.241 1.522

ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 1.235 0.134 9.25 3.44 1.003 0.117 8.546 2.726

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.113 0.036 3.115 1.12 * * * *

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.131 0.048 2.728 1.14

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.059 0.026 2.277 1.061

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.131 0.02 6.549 1.14

Age70To74 0.109 0.041 2.669 1.115 0.14 0.026 5.316 1.151

Age75To79 0.269 0.04 6.76 1.308 0.353 0.025 13.919 1.423

Age80To84 0.435 0.039 11.032 1.545 0.585 0.025 23.534 1.795

Age85To89 0.593 0.04 14.839 1.809 0.806 0.025 32.192 2.239

Age90AndOver 0.752 0.042 17.901 2.12 1.047 0.026 39.948 2.848

ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 0.36 0.095 3.773 1.433 0.165 0.066 2.487 1.179

ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.538 0.115 4.67 1.713 0.55 0.08 6.857 1.734

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.138 0.017 8.019 1.148

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.606 0.155 3.92 1.834 0.275 0.108 2.536 1.316

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.197 0.024 8.355 1.218 0.211 0.014 14.581 1.234

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.178 0.036 4.982 1.195 0.185 0.022 8.545 1.203

CANDIDIASIS OF THE ESOPHAGUS 0.217 0.099 2.186 1.243 0.279 0.058 4.806 1.322

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.127 0.029 4.405 1.136 0.158 0.018 8.892 1.171

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.107 0.021 5.128 1.113

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.28 0.053 5.259 1.324 0.305 0.034 8.899 1.357

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.177 0.039 4.586 1.193 0.162 0.024 6.747 1.175

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.62 0.05 12.357 1.859 0.43 0.035 12.333 1.538

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.556 0.13 4.283 1.744 0.522 0.107 4.854 1.685

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTRIC ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.575 0.064 8.932 1.777 0.43 0.052 8.237 1.537

CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.607 0.173 3.515 1.835 0.4 0.133 3.013 1.492

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.502 0.069 7.271 1.653 0.514 0.047 10.853 1.672

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.264 0.03 8.645 1.302 0.258 0.019 13.7 1.294

DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.458 0.142 10.236 4.296 1.147 0.132 8.676 3.149

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.054 0.017 3.225 1.055

DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.29 0.101 2.864 1.336 * * * *

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.589 0.09 6.586 1.803 0.666 0.061 10.931 1.946

GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.428 0.112 3.837 1.534 0.402 0.08 5.002 1.494

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.274 0.094 2.906 1.316 0.246 0.064 3.867 1.28

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.227 0.056 4.063 1.254 0.134 0.036 3.683 1.143

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.255 0.043 5.905 1.29 0.171 0.028 6.081 1.187

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.229 0.047 4.888 1.257 0.196 0.03 6.459 1.217

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY * * * * 0.12 0.039 3.056 1.128

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.187 0.048 3.906 1.205 0.23 0.03 7.668 1.258

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.196 0.025 7.798 1.217 0.229 0.015 14.815 1.257

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.327 0.045 7.341 1.387 0.216 0.03 7.104 1.242

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.175 0.026 6.731 1.191 0.163 0.017 9.801 1.177

HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.097 0.041 2.387 1.102

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.145 0.025 5.751 1.156

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.08 0.019 4.293 1.083

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.158 0.044 3.586 1.171 0.131 0.028 4.589 1.139

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.197 0.037 5.275 1.218 0.185 0.024 7.698 1.204

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.51 0.064 8.01 1.665 0.463 0.044 10.568 1.589

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.152 0.035 4.285 1.164

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.196 0.06 3.289 1.217 0.194 0.039 5.033 1.214

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.403 0.095 4.258 1.496 0.42 0.064 6.523 1.522

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.198 0.055 3.624 1.219 * * * *

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.262 0.058 4.521 1.3 * * * *

HP129_CVG Incisions of Small Intestine * * * * 0.302 0.13 2.325 1.353

HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.662 0.093 7.118 1.939 0.314 0.081 3.86 1.369

HP132_CVG Exteriorization of Small Intestine 0.494 0.134 3.686 1.638 * * * *

HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.57 0.065 8.76 1.768 0.313 0.054 5.817 1.367

HP135_CVG Other Repair of Small Intestine 0.624 0.123 5.068 1.867 0.462 0.105 4.393 1.587

HP164_CVG Esophagus Resection and Anastomosis 0.384 0.079 4.864 1.468 -0.201 0.069 -2.917 0.818

HP165_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality 0.199 0.099 2.016 1.22 -0.204 0.079 -2.573 0.815

HP166_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - High Mortality 0.773 0.042 18.406 2.167 0.445 0.03 14.952 1.561

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HP167_CVG Other Esophageal Procedures - Low Mortality -0.437 0.053 -8.255 0.646 -0.123 0.03 -4.154 0.885

HP168_CVG Other Esophageal Procedures - High Mortality 0.665 0.083 8.044 1.945 0.201 0.066 3.035 1.223

HP170_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - Moderate Mortality 0.442 0.043 10.19 1.555 0.2 0.032 6.295 1.221

HP171_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - High Mortality 0.385 0.05 7.683 1.47 * * * *

HP172_CVG Pylorus - High Mortality 0.199 0.075 2.661 1.22 * * * *

HP173_CVG Reflux -0.404 0.08 -5.033 0.667 -0.951 0.061 -15.579 0.386

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA * * * * 0.069 0.02 3.447 1.072

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.213 0.042 5.019 1.237 0.148 0.028 5.238 1.16

HYPOCALCEMIA 0.162 0.074 2.197 1.176 * * * *

LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE * * * * -0.556 0.13 -4.27 0.573

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.665 0.096 6.899 1.945 0.862 0.061 14.235 2.368

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF ESOPHAGUS, UNSPECIFIED 0.339 0.098 3.456 1.403 0.58 0.06 9.601 1.786

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF MIDDLE THIRD OF ESOPHAGUS 0.625 0.182 3.426 1.868 0.496 0.138 3.587 1.642

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME * * * * 0.266 0.119 2.229 1.304

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.492 0.07 7.067 1.636 0.447 0.051 8.768 1.564

OTHER ASCITES 0.568 0.063 8.993 1.764 0.751 0.047 15.977 2.119

OTHER DISORDERS OF NEUROHYPOPHYSIS 0.452 0.133 3.406 1.572 * * * *

OTHER DISORDERS OF PLASMA PROTEIN METABOLISM 0.272 0.067 4.04 1.312 0.194 0.044 4.368 1.214

OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.16 0.063 2.543 1.174

OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.459 0.13 3.538 1.582 0.346 0.113 3.053 1.414

OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.784 0.051 15.327 2.191 0.596 0.04 15.02 1.815

OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.36 0.099 3.643 1.434

OTHER SPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.456 0.143 3.183 1.578 0.341 0.124 2.753 1.407

P4311_CVG PERCUTANEOUS [ENDOSCOPIC] GASTROSTOMY [PEG] 0.187 0.041 4.6 1.205 0.683 0.025 27.517 1.981

P4443_CVG ENDOSCOPIC CONTROL OF GASTRIC OR DUODENAL BLEEDING -0.388 0.047 -8.331 0.679 -0.502 0.029 -17.355 0.605

PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE * * * * 0.211 0.081 2.602 1.235

PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.557 0.113 4.928 1.745 0.596 0.097 6.125 1.815

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS * * * * 0.338 0.059 5.698 1.402

Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.248 0.071 3.494 1.282 0.166 0.044 3.745 1.181

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.377 0.08 4.719 1.458 0.177 0.051 3.458 1.194

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.206 0.052 3.938 1.229

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.383 0.084 -16.378 0.251 -0.83 0.056 -14.826 0.436

SEPTIC SHOCK 0.737 0.043 17.213 2.09 0.432 0.033 13.172 1.54

SEVERE SEPSIS 0.134 0.045 3.006 1.144 * * * *

SexFemale -0.171 0.022 -7.838 0.843 -0.246 0.013 -18.392 0.782

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.242 0.024 92.29 9.413 2.114 0.019 113.386 8.281

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.114 0.042 2.704 1.121 0.164 0.027 6.099 1.178

UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.26 0.068 3.838 1.297

UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.216 0.074 2.923 1.241 0.351 0.061 5.757 1.42

UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.831 0.117 7.129 2.295 0.646 0.093 6.928 1.907

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.047 0.017 2.675 1.048

ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.317 0.081 3.905 1.373

BACTEREMIA * * * * 0.181 0.08 2.273 1.199

CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.137 0.047 2.949 1.147

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF LOWER THIRD OF ESOPHAGUS * * * * 0.214 0.078 2.744 1.239

PERITONITIS (ACUTE) GENERALIZED * * * * 0.401 0.09 4.461 1.493

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE * * * * 0.125 0.038 3.29 1.134

ACIDOSIS 0.622 0.03 21.051 1.863 0.333 0.021 15.981 1.395

ACQUIRED COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCY 0.44 0.062 7.101 1.553 0.311 0.041 7.574 1.365

ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.461 0.066 6.989 1.586 0.205 0.046 4.435 1.228

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.402 0.046 8.652 1.495 0.325 0.032 10.25 1.384

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.087 0.038 28.699 2.964 0.716 0.03 24.263 2.046

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.187 0.034 5.489 1.206 0.17 0.022 7.824 1.185

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.161 0.074 2.176 1.174 0.238 0.045 5.353 1.269

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.122 0.04 3.042 1.129 0.394 0.023 17.414 1.483

Age70To74 0.172 0.04 4.274 1.188 0.136 0.025 5.381 1.146

Age75To79 0.349 0.039 9.046 1.417 0.3 0.024 12.377 1.349

Age80To84 0.433 0.038 11.391 1.542 0.457 0.024 19.295 1.58

Age85To89 0.54 0.038 14.122 1.717 0.629 0.024 26.418 1.875

Age90AndOver 0.508 0.04 12.708 1.663 0.913 0.024 37.639 2.492

ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.347 0.078 4.426 1.415 0.412 0.052 7.964 1.51

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.32 0.016 20.204 1.377

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.15 0.048 3.118 1.162

ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE * * * * 0.076 0.03 2.559 1.078

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.087 0.018 4.709 1.091

ANGIODYSPLASIA OF INTESTINE WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.438 0.065 -6.727 0.645 -0.39 0.037 -10.521 0.677

ANGIODYSPLASIA OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.508 0.059 -8.66 0.602 -0.394 0.033 -11.806 0.674

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.134 0.02 6.546 1.143 0.213 0.012 17.47 1.237

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.25 0.03 8.435 1.284

CANDIDIASIS OF THE ESOPHAGUS 0.397 0.091 4.346 1.488 0.547 0.051 10.694 1.728

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.148 0.024 6.151 1.159 0.201 0.015 13.779 1.222

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.07 0.017 4.167 1.072

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.156 0.041 3.836 1.169 0.266 0.025 10.633 1.304

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.17 0.032 5.251 1.185 0.169 0.02 8.475 1.184

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE AND PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 1.557 0.119 13.102 4.745 1.012 0.101 10.001 2.75

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.401 0.035 11.372 1.494 0.197 0.024 8.18 1.218

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTRIC ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION -0.112 0.041 -2.755 0.894 -0.15 0.025 -5.94 0.86

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.218 0.051 4.248 1.243 0.271 0.034 8.048 1.312

COLONOSCOPY AND FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY -0.309 0.032 -9.763 0.734 -0.324 0.019 -17.464 0.723

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.271 0.025 10.95 1.311 0.256 0.015 17.213 1.291

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.148 0.048 3.095 1.16

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.224 0.027 8.251 1.251

DIVERTICULOSIS OF COLON WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.265 0.037 -7.271 0.767 -0.446 0.023 -19.624 0.64

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.374 0.024 15.538 1.454 0.584 0.014 41.01 1.793

ENDOSCOPIC CONTROL OF GASTRIC OR DUODENAL BLEEDING 0.142 0.034 4.206 1.153 -0.124 0.023 -5.464 0.884

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.934 0.041 22.576 2.546 0.937 0.027 35.166 2.552

ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE, WITH BLEEDING 0.464 0.176 2.638 1.59 * * * *

ESOPHAGEAL VARICES WITH BLEEDING 0.374 0.101 3.687 1.454 0.236 0.067 3.545 1.266

ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY [EGD] WITH CLOSED BIOPSY -0.464 0.025 -18.273 0.629 -0.398 0.015 -26.187 0.672

GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.148 0.039 3.781 1.159

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.234 0.042 5.562 1.264 0.187 0.027 6.96 1.205

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.229 0.033 6.849 1.257 0.163 0.021 7.841 1.177

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.291 0.04 7.343 1.337 0.135 0.026 5.225 1.144

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.452 0.049 9.146 1.571 0.381 0.032 11.724 1.464

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.573 0.027 21.523 1.773 0.587 0.018 31.774 1.799

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.083 0.059 18.501 2.955 0.711 0.046 15.411 2.037

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.354 0.022 16.008 1.425 0.277 0.014 19.677 1.319

HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.218 0.038 5.699 1.243

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.087 0.02 4.398 1.091

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.563 0.037 15.321 1.755 0.425 0.026 16.536 1.529

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.196 0.03 6.609 1.216 0.174 0.019 9.276 1.19

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.076 0.018 4.29 1.079

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.303 0.025 12.044 1.353

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.454 0.04 11.248 1.574 0.434 0.026 16.55 1.543

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.47 0.057 8.246 1.599 0.551 0.037 14.825 1.734

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.158 0.026 6.061 1.171

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.202 0.052 3.858 1.224 0.207 0.033 6.256 1.229

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.566 0.077 7.372 1.762 0.456 0.053 8.591 1.577

HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.153 0.041 3.761 1.166

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.092 0.045 2.038 1.097 0.11 0.028 3.92 1.116

HEMATEMESIS 0.282 0.041 6.866 1.325 0.23 0.025 9.142 1.258

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.238 0.023 10.153 1.269 0.096 0.016 5.948 1.101

HP127_CVG Other Procedures to Control Gastric or Duodenal Bleeding 0.739 0.044 16.838 2.093 0.234 0.034 6.972 1.264

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.384 0.041 9.355 1.469 0.461 0.027 17.233 1.586

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.165 0.034 4.836 1.179 0.179 0.022 8.224 1.196

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.257 0.034 7.577 1.293 0.274 0.021 13.191 1.315

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.681 0.118 5.791 1.977 0.491 0.082 6.001 1.634

OPEN AND OTHER RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY 2.196 0.102 21.49 8.993 1.388 0.089 15.514 4.006

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.572 0.048 11.974 1.772 0.38 0.034 11.344 1.463

OTHER ASCITES 0.663 0.056 11.921 1.94 0.781 0.036 21.587 2.184

OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.194 0.059 3.305 1.214

OTHER ENDOSCOPY OF SMALL INTESTINE * * * * -0.206 0.014 -14.39 0.814

OTHER GASTROSCOPY 0.645 0.156 4.129 1.906 * * * *

OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.698 0.032 21.582 2.01 0.458 0.024 19.174 1.581

PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.831 0.09 9.284 2.295 0.458 0.064 7.106 1.581

PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.282 0.082 3.451 1.326 0.153 0.054 2.825 1.165

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.558 0.082 6.772 1.747 0.434 0.052 8.365 1.543

Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.47 0.081 5.83 1.6 0.594 0.05 11.919 1.811

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.55 0.106 5.181 1.733 0.629 0.065 9.693 1.876

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.661 0.061 10.869 1.936

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.392 0.094 -14.808 0.249 -0.68 0.064 -10.68 0.506

SexFemale -0.179 0.02 -9.128 0.836 -0.172 0.012 -14.54 0.842

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.489 0.024 147.604 32.745 2.66 0.02 135.09 14.301

TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.166 0.045 3.721 1.181

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.299 0.034 8.881 1.349 0.296 0.021 13.821 1.344

UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.096 0.046 2.103 1.101

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.618 0.046 13.526 1.856 0.583 0.03 19.268 1.792

UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.691 0.078 8.814 1.996 0.328 0.056 5.874 1.389

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.099 0.018 5.427 1.104

ACUTE GASTRIC ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * -0.113 0.05 -2.266 0.893

BLOOD IN STOOL * * * * -0.111 0.019 -5.879 0.895

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTROJEJUNAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * -0.199 0.091 -2.191 0.82

CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.09 0.034 2.619 1.094

DIEULAFOY LESION (HEMORRHAGIC) OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM * * * * -0.127 0.061 -2.095 0.881

DIVERTICULITIS OF COLON WITH HEMORRHAGE * * * * -0.454 0.05 -9.041 0.635

DIVERTICULOSIS OF SMALL INTESTINE WITH HEMORRHAGE * * * * -0.273 0.137 -1.995 0.761

DUODENAL ULCER, UNSPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC, WITHOUT HEMORRHAGE OR PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.081 0.035 2.311 1.084

GASTROESOPHAGEAL LACERATION-HEMORRHAGE SYNDROME * * * * -0.212 0.047 -4.55 0.809

OTHER ESOPHAGITIS * * * * 0.184 0.048 3.854 1.202

PORTAL HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.225 0.038 5.922 1.252

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.755 0.018 42.712 2.128 0.575 0.016 36.423 1.778

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.419 0.032 12.888 1.52 0.441 0.027 16.096 1.555

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.357 0.04 8.91 1.429 0.381 0.038 10.051 1.464

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF ANTEROLATERAL AND OTHER WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE - 410.01 and 410.11 0.297 0.038 7.787 1.345 0.333 0.034 9.898 1.395

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INFEROLATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.108 0.038 2.837 1.114 0.094 0.034 2.79 1.098

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF OTHER LATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.383 0.048 8.002 1.467 0.354 0.043 8.304 1.424

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -0.669 0.037 -18.156 0.512 -0.475 0.032 -14.682 0.622

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, UNSPECIFIED SITE, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.687 0.041 16.898 1.988 0.591 0.036 16.343 1.806

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.561 0.016 35.67 1.753 0.431 0.014 31.166 1.539

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.044 0.015 3.03 1.045 0.031 0.012 2.559 1.031

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.104 0.04 2.579 1.109 0.118 0.033 3.64 1.126

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.299 0.031 9.738 1.349

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.137 0.05 2.762 1.147 0.493 0.039 12.523 1.637

Age70To74 0.282 0.021 13.514 1.325 0.242 0.017 13.986 1.274

Age75To79 0.509 0.021 24.643 1.663 0.475 0.017 27.818 1.608

Age80To84 0.695 0.021 33.598 2.004 0.659 0.017 38.437 1.932

Age85To89 0.816 0.022 37.915 2.261 0.86 0.018 48.566 2.364

Age90AndOver 0.849 0.023 36.667 2.338 1.069 0.019 56.697 2.912

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.227 0.015 14.984 1.255

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.158 0.048 3.269 1.171

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.042 0.014 3.054 1.043

ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.4 0.037 38.008 4.055 1.316 0.036 36.733 3.727

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.128 0.02 6.5 1.136 0.194 0.015 12.528 1.214

(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF FOUR OR MORE CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.316 0.07 -4.547 0.729

(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF ONE CORONARY ARTERY 0.149 0.049 3.026 1.161 -0.162 0.052 -3.127 0.851

(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF THREE CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.332 0.048 -6.852 0.717

(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF TWO CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.318 0.046 -6.987 0.728

AORTOCORONARY BYPASS STATUS * * * * 0.049 0.013 3.644 1.05

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.438 0.051 8.534 1.549 0.394 0.043 9.267 1.483

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.075 0.013 5.987 1.078 0.128 0.01 12.638 1.137

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.296 0.037 7.983 1.344 0.239 0.033 7.204 1.271

CACHEXIA 0.476 0.05 9.54 1.609 0.493 0.042 11.792 1.637

CARDIAC ARREST 1.582 0.026 61.76 4.864 1.346 0.024 54.933 3.84

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.183 0.018 65.343 3.263 1 0.017 58.992 2.718

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.125 0.015 8.121 1.134 0.172 0.012 13.78 1.188

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.192 0.02 9.535 1.211

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.298 0.058 5.141 1.348

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.268 0.019 14.492 1.308 0.255 0.015 16.651 1.29

CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.071 0.02 3.509 1.074 0.067 0.017 3.966 1.069

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.236 0.014 17.217 1.266 0.254 0.011 22.75 1.29

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.16 0.048 3.355 1.174

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.167 0.024 7.054 1.182

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.065 0.019 3.424 1.068

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.07 0.014 5.087 1.073 0.083 0.011 7.428 1.087

DIABETES MELLITUS WITHOUT MENTION OF COMPLICATION, TYPE I [JUVENILE TYPE], NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED 0.348 0.144 2.414 1.417 0.267 0.119 2.235 1.306

DISSECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.483 0.107 4.502 1.621 0.358 0.096 3.726 1.431

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.643 0.016 41.105 1.902 0.68 0.013 53 1.974

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.97 0.037 26.393 2.639 0.985 0.031 31.618 2.677

EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, ENDOVASCULAR APPROACH - INCLUSIVE -1.259 0.228 -5.532 0.284 -0.953 0.166 -5.738 0.386

EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, OPEN APPROACH - INCLUSIVE 0.474 0.115 4.139 1.607 0.285 0.107 2.652 1.33

hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.113 0.021 5.461 1.12 0.142 0.017 8.335 1.153

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.032 0.015 2.106 1.033

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.283 0.021 13.415 1.327

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.712 0.036 19.925 2.039 0.516 0.033 15.887 1.676

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.342 0.014 25.049 1.408 0.316 0.011 27.816 1.371

HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS 0.087 0.034 2.585 1.091 0.103 0.027 3.771 1.109

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.22 0.017 12.68 1.246 0.239 0.014 17.211 1.27

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.123 0.021 5.868 1.131

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.498 0.022 22.312 1.645 0.437 0.019 22.985 1.548

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.197 0.02 10.036 1.217 0.191 0.016 11.875 1.211

HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.149 0.043 3.448 1.16 0.235 0.036 6.615 1.265

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.142 0.012 11.426 1.152

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.097 0.026 3.736 1.102 0.086 0.022 3.986 1.09

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.406 0.043 9.48 1.501 0.302 0.037 8.168 1.353

HP102_ CVG Mitral Valve Only Replacement 0.772 0.089 8.636 2.164 0.634 0.085 7.46 1.886

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.156 0.041 3.816 1.169 0.31 0.035 8.965 1.363

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.421 0.022 18.842 1.523 0.359 0.019 18.894 1.431

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.046 0.022 2.148 1.048 0.116 0.018 6.627 1.123

HYPOXEMIA * * * * 0.062 0.028 2.206 1.064

IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.38 0.02 68.322 3.975 1.209 0.019 64.035 3.351

INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 1.876 0.041 46.104 6.525 1.6 0.038 42.556 4.954

LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.217 0.059 3.672 1.242

LEFT HEART FAILURE 0.493 0.075 6.566 1.637 0.36 0.066 5.453 1.434

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.48 0.073 6.626 1.617 0.852 0.056 15.275 2.345

MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY * * * * 0.068 0.029 2.328 1.07

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME * * * * 0.205 0.074 2.772 1.227

OTHER AND NOS, BYPASS ANASTOMOSIS FOR HEART REVASCULARIZATION * * * * -0.182 0.064 -2.834 0.833

OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.45 0.072 6.209 1.568 0.422 0.062 6.834 1.526

OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.099 0.047 2.138 1.105

OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.498 0.061 8.103 1.645 0.364 0.053 6.908 1.439

OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.238 0.09 2.657 1.269 * * * *

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.364 0.049 7.456 1.439 0.386 0.039 9.818 1.471

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.393 0.079 4.977 1.481

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.354 0.089 3.983 1.425

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.312 0.138 9.481 3.713 0.939 0.112 8.402 2.556

PROCEDURE ON SINGLE CORONARY AND NON CORONARY VESSEL -0.792 0.015 -52.069 0.453 -0.778 0.012 -62.514 0.459

PROCEDURE ON THREE VESSELS - INCLUSIVE -0.438 0.04 -10.909 0.646 -0.421 0.033 -12.645 0.657

PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE -0.638 0.024 -26.318 0.528 -0.617 0.02 -31.025 0.539

PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.433 0.046 9.449 1.542 0.366 0.04 9.078 1.441

RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.167 0.03 5.605 1.182 0.071 0.025 2.847 1.073

SexFemale * * * * -0.087 0.009 -9.218 0.916

SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.64 0.026 -24.204 0.527 -0.585 0.04 -14.684 0.557

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.948 0.018 168.124 19.074 2.731 0.018 153.455 15.346

SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.269 0.026 10.258 1.309 0.248 0.022 11.306 1.281

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.313 0.096 3.272 1.367 0.298 0.078 3.821 1.347

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.321 0.067 4.794 1.379 0.367 0.057 6.485 1.443

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.368 0.054 6.859 1.444 0.293 0.046 6.369 1.341

UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.12 0.036 3.378 1.128

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION * * * * 0.172 0.029 5.968 1.188

UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.166 0.037 4.466 1.181

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.528 0.065 8.074 1.696 0.346 0.058 6.003 1.413

ACIDOSIS 0.561 0.061 9.173 1.752 0.363 0.054 6.718 1.437

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.347 0.093 3.726 1.415 0.451 0.073 6.159 1.57

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.516 0.166 3.101 1.676 0.498 0.159 3.135 1.646

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF ANTEROLATERAL AND OTHER WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE - 410.01 and 410.11 -0.414 0.088 -4.705 0.661 -0.288 0.078 -3.713 0.749

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INFEROLATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -0.392 0.094 -4.17 0.675 -0.274 0.084 -3.275 0.761

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INFEROPOSTERIOR WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -1.182 0.303 -3.897 0.307 -1.222 0.272 -4.491 0.295

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF OTHER LATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -0.322 0.131 -2.452 0.724 * * * *

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -1.519 0.045 -33.872 0.219 -1.221 0.038 -32.11 0.295

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.797 0.045 17.562 2.218 0.502 0.04 12.514 1.652

AdmitSourceXferHospital -0.326 0.088 -3.693 0.722 -0.229 0.069 -3.31 0.795

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.419 0.084 4.986 1.52

Age70To74 0.165 0.081 2.024 1.179 0.233 0.066 3.52 1.263

Age75To79 0.358 0.076 4.693 1.431 0.436 0.062 6.991 1.547

Age80To84 0.489 0.073 6.672 1.631 0.591 0.06 9.857 1.805

Age85To89 0.622 0.071 8.76 1.863 0.827 0.058 14.244 2.287

Age90AndOver 0.614 0.07 8.77 1.847 0.967 0.057 16.943 2.63

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.211 0.033 6.397 1.235

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.192 0.051 3.748 1.212

ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.6 0.188 8.53 4.952 1.384 0.189 7.311 3.991

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.096 0.027 3.54 1.101

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.592 0.177 3.353 1.808 0.328 0.157 2.087 1.388

CACHEXIA 0.363 0.126 2.874 1.437 0.295 0.106 2.779 1.343

CARDIAC ARREST 3.037 0.122 24.82 20.848 2.681 0.128 21.007 14.596

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.857 0.076 24.349 6.407 1.683 0.078 21.681 5.381

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.313 0.034 9.191 1.367 0.332 0.027 12.325 1.394

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.575 0.036 15.941 1.778 0.592 0.028 20.896 1.808

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.718 0.088 8.199 2.051 0.821 0.073 11.271 2.272

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.266 0.054 4.884 1.304

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.017 0.088 11.589 2.765 0.851 0.081 10.532 2.342

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.488 0.036 13.399 1.629 0.42 0.03 14.219 1.523

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.623 0.061 10.292 1.864 0.534 0.052 10.35 1.705

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.095 0.042 2.256 1.1

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.308 0.043 7.09 1.361 0.326 0.035 9.326 1.385

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.121 0.036 3.365 1.128

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.535 0.104 5.126 1.708 0.288 0.091 3.173 1.334

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.376 0.097 3.883 1.456 0.592 0.079 7.478 1.808

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.404 0.061 6.626 1.498 0.436 0.051 8.536 1.546

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.862 0.148 5.82 2.367

OTHER DISEASES OF LUNG, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.466 0.228 2.039 1.593

OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.865 0.198 4.374 2.375 * * * *

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.349 0.102 3.442 1.418 0.543 0.088 6.198 1.722

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.442 0.124 3.565 1.556 0.422 0.099 4.254 1.525

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.507 0.162 3.133 1.66

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.911 0.051 -17.813 0.402 -0.534 0.042 -12.604 0.586

PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS * * * * 0.302 0.123 2.462 1.353

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.217 0.087 2.5 1.242

SexFemale -0.193 0.032 -6.027 0.824 -0.231 0.025 -9.158 0.794

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.146 0.048 44.494 8.551 2.044 0.048 42.296 7.722

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.48 0.147 3.255 1.616 0.556 0.125 4.463 1.743

UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.291 0.1 2.896 1.338 0.231 0.08 2.876 1.259

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.404 0.086 4.726 1.498 0.533 0.068 7.815 1.704

VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 1.05 0.241 4.35 2.857 1.099 0.235 4.671 3.002

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.475 0.017 27.432 1.608 0.304 0.012 24.84 1.355

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.555 0.015 37.504 1.742 0.488 0.01 48.61 1.629

ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.747 0.046 -16.405 0.474 -0.535 0.028 -19.013 0.586

ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -1.018 0.028 -35.833 0.361 -0.674 0.017 -40.788 0.51

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.404 0.022 18.22 1.498 0.36 0.015 24.171 1.434

ACUTE ON CHRONIC COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.753 0.02 -37.644 0.471 -0.414 0.012 -33.388 0.661

ACUTE ON CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.909 0.018 -50.962 0.403 -0.571 0.011 -51.772 0.565

ACUTE ON CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.643 0.018 -36.144 0.525 -0.32 0.011 -28.758 0.726

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.429 0.012 35.051 1.536 0.204 0.008 25.524 1.226

ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.615 0.028 -22.243 0.54 -0.426 0.017 -24.656 0.653

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.273 0.02 13.472 1.314 0.193 0.013 14.502 1.213

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.238 0.043 5.544 1.269 0.245 0.027 9.058 1.278

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.374 0.022 17.229 1.453 0.508 0.014 37.138 1.661

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.437 0.027 16.372 1.548 0.6 0.018 33.267 1.823

Age70To74 0.196 0.023 8.629 1.216 0.206 0.014 14.967 1.229

Age75To79 0.39 0.022 18.013 1.477 0.382 0.013 29.039 1.466

Age80To84 0.546 0.021 26.059 1.726 0.57 0.013 44.755 1.769

Age85To89 0.672 0.021 32.273 1.958 0.762 0.013 60.11 2.142

Age90AndOver 0.76 0.021 35.996 2.138 1.008 0.013 78.474 2.741

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.27 0.009 30.036 1.31

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.225 0.032 7.063 1.252

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.045 0.008 5.633 1.046

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.13 0.015 8.55 1.139 0.168 0.009 18.262 1.183

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.138 0.01 13.685 1.149 0.132 0.006 21.776 1.141

BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.676 0.104 6.478 1.965 0.39 0.069 5.663 1.477

CACHEXIA 0.466 0.032 14.357 1.594 0.528 0.022 23.749 1.695

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.079 0.012 6.527 1.082 0.13 0.007 17.333 1.139

CHRONIC COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.643 0.085 -7.603 0.526 -0.269 0.05 -5.422 0.764

CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.707 0.054 -13.063 0.493 -0.442 0.031 -14.107 0.643

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.213 0.01 22.401 1.238

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.305 0.033 9.263 1.356

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.22 0.014 15.689 1.246 0.205 0.009 23.359 1.228

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.26 0.039 6.727 1.297 0.297 0.024 12.322 1.345

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.147 0.012 12.319 1.158 0.072 0.007 10.141 1.075

CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 2.981 0.034 87.328 19.712 1.99 0.031 64.182 7.314

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 3.191 0.019 169.381 24.301 2.116 0.017 125.626 8.296

DELIRIUM 0.256 0.048 5.37 1.292 0.29 0.031 9.395 1.336

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.088 0.032 2.771 1.092

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.147 0.01 15.162 1.159

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.029 0.007 3.965 1.029

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.834 0.011 73.501 2.302 0.692 0.007 97.359 1.998

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.989 0.041 24.328 2.687 0.866 0.028 30.42 2.378

EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY * * * * 0.084 0.023 3.647 1.087

hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF -0.077 0.013 -6.055 0.926 -0.082 0.008 -10.424 0.921

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.05 0.014 3.536 1.052 0.065 0.009 7.355 1.067

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.083 0.011 7.3 1.086 0.06 0.007 8.73 1.062

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.068 0.009 7.392 1.07

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.41 0.017 23.768 1.507 0.488 0.011 43.762 1.628

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.98 0.046 21.312 2.665 0.636 0.036 17.518 1.889

HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.146 0.062 18.594 3.146 0.751 0.046 16.317 2.12

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.496 0.011 45.647 1.643 0.347 0.007 51.155 1.414

HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.104 0.018 5.87 1.11

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.062 0.01 6.337 1.063

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.585 0.019 30.047 1.796 0.513 0.013 39.066 1.67

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.404 0.022 18.279 1.498 0.299 0.015 20.427 1.348

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.107 0.024 4.478 1.113 0.302 0.015 20.191 1.352

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.422 0.013 33.629 1.524 0.254 0.008 31.509 1.29

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.314 0.052 -6.031 0.731 -0.166 0.032 -5.163 0.847

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.267 0.03 8.865 1.306 0.325 0.02 16.196 1.385

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.477 0.016 29.576 1.612 0.426 0.011 40.484 1.532

HYPERTENSIVE HEART AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, MALIGNANT, WITH HEART FAILURE AND WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE STAGE V OR END STAGE RENAL DISEASE -0.128 0.048 -2.699 0.88 -0.143 0.035 -4.124 0.866

HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE, MALIGNANT, BENIGN, UNSPECIFIED, WITH HEART FAILURE -0.254 0.017 -14.584 0.776 -0.251 0.01 -24.525 0.778

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.3 0.015 20.397 1.349 0.299 0.009 32.684 1.349

IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER/ DEFIBRILLATOR, TOTAL SYSTEM [AICD] -1.609 0.138 -11.668 0.2 -1.176 0.081 -14.598 0.308

LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.091 0.041 2.213 1.095

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

LEFT HEART FAILURE 0.157 0.057 2.738 1.17 0.078 0.038 2.063 1.081

MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY * * * * 0.044 0.016 2.801 1.045

MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, UNSPECIFIED 0.134 0.05 2.661 1.143 0.356 0.029 12.249 1.428

OTHER ASCITES 0.389 0.031 12.404 1.476 0.34 0.02 16.775 1.405

OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.193 0.062 3.092 1.212 * * * *

PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.097 0.027 3.561 1.102 0.093 0.017 5.447 1.098

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.524 0.035 15.048 1.688 0.482 0.025 19.358 1.62

Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.511 0.05 10.151 1.667 0.685 0.032 21.501 1.983

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.452 0.086 5.284 1.572 0.711 0.054 13.169 2.037

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.483 0.064 7.509 1.622 0.635 0.041 15.609 1.887

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.809 0.047 -17.344 0.445 -0.6 0.03 -20.296 0.549

PROCEDURE ON SINGLE CORONARY AND NON CORONARY VESSEL -0.168 0.052 -3.202 0.846 -0.345 0.037 -9.437 0.708

PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE * * * * -0.18 0.073 -2.447 0.836

PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.162 0.052 3.153 1.176 * * * *

SexFemale -0.163 0.01 -15.761 0.85 -0.192 0.006 -30.863 0.826

SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS * * * * -0.402 0.084 -4.806 0.669

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.045 0.012 260.518 21.012 2.247 0.01 230.268 9.456

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.135 0.02 6.82 1.144 0.15 0.012 12.29 1.162

ULCER OF LOWER LIMB, UNSPECIFIED 0.317 0.048 6.543 1.373 0.367 0.029 12.546 1.443

ULCER OF OTHER PART OF FOOT 0.246 0.051 4.798 1.279 0.304 0.031 9.788 1.355

ULCER OF OTHER PART OF LOWER LIMB 0.201 0.064 3.132 1.223 0.266 0.038 6.942 1.305

UNSPECIFIED DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.586 0.054 -10.932 0.557 -0.432 0.032 -13.556 0.649

UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.123 0.037 3.308 1.131 0.187 0.021 8.848 1.206

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.144 0.017 8.48 1.155 0.192 0.01 18.344 1.212

UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.273 0.078 -3.488 0.761 -0.151 0.049 -3.117 0.859

AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR IN SITU * * * * 0.025 0.011 2.305 1.025

CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.189 0.016 11.494 1.208

MULTIPLE INVOLVEMENT OF MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVES * * * * 0.119 0.056 2.127 1.126

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 1.084 0.063 17.3 2.958 0.781 0.051 15.275 2.183

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.473 0.173 8.498 4.362 1.089 0.154 7.066 2.971

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.376 0.185 2.033 1.456 * * * *

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.436 0.189 2.31 1.546 0.35 0.151 2.314 1.419

ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.541 0.138 3.93 1.718 -0.276 0.076 -3.606 0.759

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.962 0.098 9.804 2.618 0.756 0.084 8.975 2.129

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.297 0.073 4.078 1.346 0.223 0.056 3.971 1.25

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.371 0.183 2.031 1.449 * * * *

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.562 0.102 5.514 1.754

Age70To74 0.214 0.075 2.834 1.238 0.241 0.057 4.257 1.272

Age75To79 0.478 0.075 6.35 1.613 0.46 0.057 8.08 1.584

Age80To84 0.581 0.078 7.43 1.787 0.683 0.058 11.775 1.979

Age85To89 0.658 0.083 7.955 1.93 0.85 0.061 14.022 2.339

Age90AndOver 0.638 0.09 7.058 1.893 1.101 0.064 17.234 3.008

ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER * * * * 0.485 0.159 3.061 1.625

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.292 0.053 5.46 1.339 0.306 0.039 7.812 1.358

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.234 0.091 2.573 1.264

CALCULUS OF GALLBLADDER WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.517 0.124 4.157 1.677 0.358 0.096 3.727 1.43

CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH 0.715 0.262 2.733 2.045 0.536 0.211 2.542 1.709

CHOLANGITIS 0.495 0.135 3.676 1.641 0.267 0.111 2.401 1.306

CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.453 0.162 2.804 1.574 * * * *

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.167 0.061 2.735 1.182 0.262 0.044 5.98 1.299

CHRONIC AND OTHER SPECIFIED DISEASES OF PANCREAS -0.426 0.079 -5.389 0.653 -0.237 0.054 -4.389 0.789

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.25 0.08 3.119 1.284 0.295 0.059 5.011 1.343

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.475 0.094 5.062 1.608

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.306 0.071 4.337 1.358 0.298 0.052 5.793 1.348

CYST AND PSEUDOCYST OF PANCREAS 0.247 0.082 3.01 1.281 * * * *

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.779 0.063 12.276 2.178 0.784 0.047 16.558 2.189

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.76 0.118 6.418 2.138 0.94 0.086 10.986 2.56

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.448 0.119 3.773 1.565 0.515 0.086 5.957 1.674

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.35 0.102 3.441 1.419 0.162 0.079 2.038 1.176

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.289 0.111 2.611 1.335 0.282 0.083 3.403 1.326

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.358 0.105 3.41 1.431

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.228 0.067 3.38 1.256 0.442 0.052 8.549 1.556

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.59 0.122 13.071 4.906 1.263 0.109 11.633 3.535

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.719 0.051 14.014 2.052 0.634 0.038 16.505 1.885

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.214 0.093 2.313 1.239 0.292 0.066 4.455 1.339

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.325 0.097 3.341 1.384 0.408 0.076 5.378 1.504

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.363 0.115 3.147 1.437 0.356 0.089 3.995 1.427

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.419 0.1 4.211 1.521 0.396 0.077 5.134 1.485

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.551 0.193 2.851 1.736

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.232 0.093 2.497 1.262 0.155 0.073 2.132 1.168

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.718 0.193 3.713 2.05 0.75 0.152 4.918 2.116

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.442 0.117 3.769 1.556 0.503 0.094 5.362 1.653

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.488 0.088 5.527 1.629 0.451 0.069 6.492 1.569

HYPOCALCEMIA 0.816 0.111 7.338 2.262 0.649 0.093 7.007 1.914

LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY -1.063 0.106 -10.014 0.345 -0.853 0.072 -11.824 0.426

OTHER ASCITES 0.828 0.089 9.26 2.289 0.813 0.069 11.699 2.254

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.574 0.188 3.045 1.775 0.424 0.148 2.856 1.528

PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.4 0.123 3.266 1.492

PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.446 0.106 4.201 1.562 0.281 0.087 3.242 1.324

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.696 0.177 3.931 2.006 0.745 0.141 5.288 2.106

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.724 0.28 2.586 2.063

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.225 0.163 -7.522 0.294 -0.951 0.125 -7.591 0.386

SexFemale -0.272 0.046 -5.872 0.762 -0.215 0.034 -6.349 0.807

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 4.161 0.064 65.182 64.156 3.675 0.06 61.223 39.463

UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 1.121 0.185 6.062 3.068 0.654 0.164 3.979 1.924

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.454 0.093 4.859 1.575 0.528 0.071 7.454 1.695

LOSS OF WEIGHT * * * * 0.389 0.112 3.467 1.475

OBSTRUCTION OF BILE DUCT * * * * 0.222 0.089 2.508 1.249

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PANCREAS * * * * 0.471 0.155 3.038 1.602

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.631 0.021 29.591 1.88 0.371 0.016 22.619 1.449

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.531 0.019 28.616 1.7 0.519 0.013 38.611 1.681

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.652 0.035 18.626 1.919 0.507 0.027 18.95 1.661

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.843 0.014 60.685 2.324 0.47 0.01 46.234 1.6

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.294 0.027 10.744 1.341 0.268 0.019 14.106 1.307

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.16 0.035 4.569 1.173

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.204 0.025 8.103 1.226 0.362 0.017 21.653 1.436

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.238 0.03 7.896 1.269 0.538 0.02 26.51 1.713

Age70To74 0.197 0.027 7.315 1.217 0.192 0.018 10.496 1.211

Age75To79 0.341 0.026 13.3 1.407 0.379 0.017 21.802 1.46

Age80To84 0.451 0.025 17.972 1.57 0.549 0.017 32.457 1.732

Age85To89 0.611 0.025 24.624 1.841 0.697 0.017 41.273 2.007

Age90AndOver 0.718 0.025 28.893 2.051 0.954 0.017 56.581 2.597

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.244 0.011 22.6 1.276

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.295 0.017 17.763 1.343

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.09 0.011 8.543 1.094

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.056 0.018 3.026 1.057

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.228 0.013 18.185 1.256 0.191 0.008 22.68 1.21

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.094 0.039 2.403 1.099 BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA, UNSPECIFIED -0.639 0.048 -13.401 0.528 -0.51 0.048 -10.708 0.6

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.126 0.02 6.182 1.134

BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED * * * * -0.205 0.055 -3.697 0.815

CACHEXIA 0.512 0.034 15.216 1.669 0.523 0.025 20.858 1.688

CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.205 0.037 5.588 1.227

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.147 0.016 9.304 1.158 0.137 0.01 13.223 1.147

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.191 0.02 9.594 1.211

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.286 0.085 3.368 1.331 0.441 0.06 7.295 1.554

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.207 0.014 15.067 1.229

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.459 0.056 8.229 1.583 0.556 0.038 14.646 1.743

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.361 0.014 26.295 1.435 0.325 0.009 34.771 1.384

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.037 0.013 2.809 1.038

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.766 0.014 56.617 2.152 0.688 0.009 73.542 1.989

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.43 0.033 13.019 1.538 0.61 0.022 27.216 1.84

GASTROSTOMY STATUS 0.244 0.045 5.436 1.277 0.351 0.03 11.82 1.421

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.156 0.031 5.028 1.169 0.098 0.021 4.592 1.103

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.069 0.014 5.02 1.071

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.19 0.027 7.04 1.209 0.089 0.019 4.718 1.094

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.359 0.018 19.436 1.431 0.463 0.014 33.848 1.589

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.21 0.039 31.142 3.354 0.894 0.031 28.743 2.444

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.359 0.014 25.128 1.431 0.169 0.01 16.372 1.184

HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.086 0.028 3.068 1.09

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.04 0.02 2.006 1.041 0.124 0.014 9.122 1.132

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.378 0.026 14.397 1.46 0.303 0.019 16.251 1.354

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.091 0.011 7.998 1.095

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.174 0.015 11.263 1.19

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.353 0.03 11.904 1.423 0.379 0.021 18.091 1.461

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.064 0.017 3.886 1.066

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.3 0.044 6.855 1.35 0.303 0.031 9.72 1.353

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.455 0.056 8.159 1.577 0.452 0.041 10.983 1.572

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.677 0.028 23.89 1.967 0.847 0.02 42.117 2.333

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.453 0.025 18.5 1.574 0.413 0.018 23.549 1.512

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.044 0.018 2.418 1.045 0.034 0.012 2.71 1.034

INFLUENZA WITH PNEUMONIA -0.626 0.049 -12.767 0.535 -0.707 0.049 -14.564 0.493

LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE -0.625 0.15 -4.171 0.536 -0.742 0.121 -6.139 0.476

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.735 0.035 20.923 2.086 1.18 0.023 51.552 3.254

METHICILLIN RESISTANT PNEUMONIA DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS -0.33 0.055 -6.039 0.719 -0.155 0.052 -3.018 0.856

METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE PNEUMONIA DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS -0.288 0.081 -3.55 0.749 -0.176 0.067 -2.639 0.838

NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.397 0.082 4.864 1.488 0.445 0.056 7.967 1.561

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.151 0.064 2.34 1.163 0.155 0.046 3.391 1.168

OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS 0.264 0.076 3.489 1.303 0.337 0.051 6.602 1.4

OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.233 0.082 2.844 1.263 0.145 0.056 2.593 1.156

OTHER DYSPNEA AND RESPIRATORY ABNORMALITY 0.298 0.059 5.064 1.347 0.303 0.038 7.964 1.354

OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.853 0.057 14.891 2.347 0.496 0.043 11.467 1.641

PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.077 0.023 3.317 1.08

PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.101 0.041 2.484 1.106

PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.144 0.056 2.584 1.155 * * * *

PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE * * * * 0.162 0.045 3.609 1.176

PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA [STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIA] -0.827 0.064 -12.949 0.437 -0.577 0.054 -10.65 0.561

PNEUMONIA DUE TO ANAEROBES -0.391 0.103 -3.793 0.676 -0.253 0.08 -3.18 0.777

PNEUMONIA DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI [E. COLI] -0.501 0.11 -4.551 0.606 -0.232 0.079 -2.918 0.793

PNEUMONIA DUE TO HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE [H. INFLUENZAE] -0.954 0.125 -7.64 0.385 -0.941 0.094 -10.05 0.39

PNEUMONIA DUE TO KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE -0.487 0.09 -5.403 0.615 -0.381 0.072 -5.258 0.683

PNEUMONIA DUE TO MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE -0.793 0.125 -6.329 0.452 -0.671 0.089 -7.505 0.511

PNEUMONIA DUE TO OTHER GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA -0.667 0.048 -13.809 0.513 -0.39 0.048 -8.144 0.677

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

PNEUMONIA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS -0.415 0.058 -7.157 0.66 -0.279 0.053 -5.273 0.756

PNEUMONIA DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A, OTHER, OR UNSPECIFIED -1.054 0.116 -9.121 0.348 -0.775 0.081 -9.537 0.461

PNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED -0.46 0.039 -11.659 0.631 -0.359 0.044 -8.087 0.698

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.637 0.027 23.872 1.891 0.502 0.019 26.208 1.653

PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II 0.296 0.039 7.652 1.345 0.527 0.025 20.853 1.694

Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.321 0.058 5.573 1.378 0.536 0.038 14.126 1.708

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.432 0.074 5.881 1.541 0.52 0.051 10.28 1.682

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.287 0.07 4.085 1.333 0.462 0.047 9.762 1.587

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.12 0.039 -28.824 0.326 -0.754 0.028 -27.3 0.471

SEPTIC SHOCK 1.558 0.075 20.71 4.751 1.358 0.07 19.525 3.888

SEVERE SEPSIS 0.241 0.073 3.319 1.273 0.164 0.063 2.592 1.178

SexFemale -0.142 0.012 -11.733 0.868 -0.282 0.008 -35.088 0.755

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.219 0.015 208.754 25.013 2.703 0.015 185.574 14.923

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.15 0.025 5.898 1.162 0.124 0.017 7.127 1.132

TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 1.199 0.026 46.172 3.318 0.78 0.021 37.044 2.181

UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.222 0.041 5.38 1.249 0.14 0.027 5.098 1.15

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.336 0.019 17.386 1.399 0.335 0.013 25.198 1.398

UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.236 0.046 5.169 1.267

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.08 0.018 4.354 1.083 0.152 0.012 12.651 1.164

DEMENTIA, UNSPECIFIED, WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.269 0.04 6.655 1.309

DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES * * * * 0.206 0.052 3.95 1.229

ELECTROLYTE AND FLUID DISORDERS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.112 0.046 2.412 1.119

UNSPECIFIED PSYCHOSIS * * * * 0.235 0.054 4.383 1.265

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.862 0.048 17.914 2.368 0.614 0.041 15.028 1.848

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.662 0.056 11.72 1.939 0.618 0.045 13.632 1.854

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.384 0.074 5.175 1.469 0.333 0.06 5.564 1.395

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.608 0.035 17.235 1.838 0.405 0.027 14.901 1.5

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.293 0.054 5.435 1.341 0.251 0.041 6.052 1.285

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.212 0.075 2.831 1.236 0.322 0.055 5.889 1.38

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.533 0.069 7.735 1.703

Age70To74 0.095 0.055 1.709 1.099 0.115 0.042 2.754 1.122

Age75To79 0.177 0.055 3.239 1.194 0.237 0.041 5.776 1.268

Age80To84 0.319 0.054 5.866 1.376 0.434 0.041 10.602 1.543

Age85To89 0.343 0.057 6.004 1.41 0.533 0.043 12.463 1.705

Age90AndOver 0.346 0.063 5.512 1.413 0.78 0.046 17.016 2.182

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.176 0.035 4.968 1.192

ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.307 0.12 10.897 3.695 1.329 0.111 11.925 3.777

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.232 0.035 6.601 1.262 0.303 0.026 11.792 1.354

BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 1.181 0.118 9.992 3.258 0.693 0.1 6.902 1.999

CACHEXIA 0.481 0.109 4.392 1.617 0.559 0.08 6.971 1.75

CARDIAC ARREST 2.849 0.074 38.422 17.263 2.496 0.07 35.449 12.129

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.643 0.084 19.507 5.171 1.403 0.078 17.935 4.067

CELLULITIS AND ABSCESS OF LEG AND FOOT, EXCEPT TOES 0.277 0.132 2.097 1.319 * * * *

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.115 0.031 3.758 1.122

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.175 0.059 2.991 1.191 0.111 0.045 2.481 1.117

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.459 0.124 3.714 1.582

COMA 1.426 0.234 6.098 4.164 1.196 0.22 5.438 3.306

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.366 0.041 8.987 1.442 0.326 0.031 10.678 1.386

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.226 0.055 4.132 1.253

DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 0.739 0.226 3.277 2.094 0.648 0.2 3.237 1.911

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.136 0.044 3.119 1.145

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.163 0.039 4.134 1.177 0.129 0.029 4.452 1.138

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.641 0.039 16.575 1.897 0.702 0.029 24.635 2.018

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.848 0.105 8.049 2.334 0.865 0.082 10.554 2.376

ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.569 0.17 3.347 1.767 0.35 0.146 2.394 1.419

GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.318 0.121 2.623 1.374

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.246 0.082 3.009 1.279 0.15 0.063 2.371 1.162

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.233 0.04 5.758 1.262

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.371 0.039 9.469 1.449

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.6 0.132 4.537 1.822 0.52 0.109 4.762 1.683

HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.688 0.171 9.857 5.409 1.164 0.156 7.442 3.203

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.5 0.038 13.102 1.649 0.308 0.03 10.338 1.36

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.259 0.066 3.931 1.295 0.223 0.048 4.646 1.25

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.243 0.051 4.796 1.275

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.717 0.053 13.526 2.047 0.488 0.043 11.273 1.629

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.157 0.055 2.842 1.17 0.19 0.041 4.606 1.209

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.232 0.053 4.407 1.261

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.295 0.042 7.048 1.343 0.334 0.031 10.855 1.397

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.183 0.059 3.115 1.201

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.2 0.064 3.142 1.222

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.257 0.092 2.783 1.293

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.499 0.13 3.84 1.647 0.54 0.1 5.384 1.716

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.274 0.098 2.808 1.315 0.396 0.076 5.231 1.487

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.526 0.068 7.714 1.692 0.444 0.055 8.026 1.559

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA * * * * 0.317 0.042 7.583 1.374

IATROGENIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE -1.302 0.225 -5.79 0.272 -0.941 0.159 -5.905 0.39

INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.954 0.141 6.757 2.597 0.608 0.118 5.156 1.836

INSERTION OF OTHER (NASO-)GASTRIC TUBE 0.967 0.232 4.167 2.631 0.887 0.208 4.271 2.427

INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE * * * * 0.286 0.105 2.717 1.332

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.5 0.09 5.58 1.648 1.078 0.059 18.296 2.938

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.515 0.182 2.836 1.674

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG * * * * 0.733 0.114 6.419 2.081

MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 1.045 0.135 7.764 2.845 0.774 0.12 6.465 2.169

OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS * * * * 0.404 0.188 2.145 1.498

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.754 0.154 4.909 2.125 0.536 0.126 4.26 1.709

OTHER ASCITES 1.057 0.125 8.487 2.878 1.308 0.095 13.79 3.698

OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.394 0.177 2.23 1.483 * * * *

OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.556 0.131 4.249 1.743

OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 1.097 0.233 4.704 2.994 0.991 0.191 5.193 2.693

OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION -1.233 0.238 -5.175 0.291 -0.645 0.186 -3.473 0.525

OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 1.111 0.12 9.292 3.037 0.857 0.109 7.879 2.355

PANCYTOPENIA 0.334 0.135 2.47 1.397 0.326 0.097 3.364 1.385

PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.502 0.21 2.389 1.652 * * * *

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

PARENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTERATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 1.394 0.213 6.555 4.03 0.913 0.187 4.893 2.491

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.293 0.098 2.999 1.341 0.409 0.078 5.224 1.505

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.636 0.089 7.11 1.889 0.569 0.067 8.533 1.766

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.487 0.127 3.831 1.627

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.447 0.187 2.392 1.564

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.161 0.063 2.572 1.175

SECONDARY THROMBOCYTOPENIA * * * * 0.345 0.122 2.829 1.412

SEPTIC SHOCK 1.141 0.223 5.116 3.129 0.775 0.205 3.782 2.171

SEVERE SEPSIS 0.632 0.217 2.904 1.881 0.485 0.192 2.527 1.624

SexFemale * * * * -0.121 0.023 -5.196 0.886

SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.646 0.104 15.777 5.187 1.25 0.097 12.857 3.492

SINOATRIAL NODE DYSFUNCTION 0.149 0.073 2.041 1.16 * * * *

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.164 0.042 75.2 23.677 2.634 0.039 67.651 13.933

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS * * * * 0.47 0.159 2.958 1.6

TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -2.663 0.303 -8.803 0.07 -1.973 0.258 -7.655 0.139

THORACENTESIS * * * * 0.256 0.08 3.183 1.292

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.761 0.187 4.071 2.141 0.548 0.157 3.494 1.73

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM * * * * 0.29 0.098 2.958 1.337

UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.502 0.235 2.132 1.652

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION * * * * 0.114 0.047 2.436 1.12

ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.308 0.135 2.28 1.361

SWELLING, MASS, OR LUMP IN CHEST * * * * 0.405 0.136 2.99 1.5

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE * * * * 0.075 0.032 2.328 1.077

ACIDOSIS 0.349 0.013 26.42 1.418 0.252 0.011 22.72 1.287

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE -0.891 0.052 -16.978 0.41 -0.443 0.042 -10.481 0.642

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.746 0.047 15.898 2.109 0.642 0.045 14.355 1.901

ACUTE COR PULMONALE - CC 0.444 0.138 3.22 1.559 0.444 0.111 4.004 1.558

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.39 0.022 17.899 1.478 0.336 0.019 17.633 1.399

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE -0.435 0.052 -8.286 0.647 -0.357 0.042 -8.454 0.7

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.365 0.018 20.634 1.441 0.266 0.015 17.546 1.305

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.333 0.039 8.559 1.395 0.348 0.032 10.766 1.416

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.146 0.023 6.223 1.157 0.324 0.019 17.023 1.382

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.261 0.033 8.015 1.298 0.488 0.027 17.878 1.63

Age70To74 0.214 0.018 12.205 1.238 0.205 0.014 14.656 1.228

Age75To79 0.399 0.017 22.786 1.49 0.403 0.014 28.732 1.497

Age80To84 0.514 0.018 28.363 1.672 0.561 0.015 38.409 1.752

Age85To89 0.612 0.019 31.608 1.844 0.691 0.016 43.891 1.996

Age90AndOver 0.714 0.021 33.759 2.043 0.875 0.017 50.286 2.399

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.088 0.014 6.211 1.092

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.164 0.025 6.594 1.178

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.105 0.012 8.93 1.111

ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.756 0.027 63.987 5.79 1.544 0.026 58.408 4.683

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.196 0.011 17.893 1.217 0.234 0.009 26.274 1.264

BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 0.745 0.025 30.402 2.107 0.502 0.022 23.163 1.652

BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.244 0.098 2.478 1.276 * * * *

CACHEXIA 0.367 0.03 12.348 1.444 0.411 0.025 16.692 1.509

CARDIAC ARREST 1.888 0.024 79.939 6.608 1.629 0.023 71.052 5.097

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.326 0.031 42.535 3.765 1.099 0.03 36.818 3

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.4 0.014 29.429 1.493 0.36 0.011 31.922 1.433

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.111 0.022 5.156 1.117

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.166 0.082 2.034 1.181 * * * *

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.146 0.019 7.834 1.157 0.144 0.015 9.305 1.155

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.379 0.05 7.645 1.461 0.346 0.042 8.31 1.413

COMA 1.281 0.043 29.828 3.6 1.119 0.041 27.226 3.061

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.205 0.012 16.938 1.228 0.213 0.01 21.581 1.238

DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 0.355 0.033 10.625 1.426 0.193 0.029 6.59 1.213

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.031 0.01 2.96 1.031

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.777 0.012 64.052 2.176 0.803 0.01 80.208 2.231

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.419 0.025 17.057 1.52 0.453 0.02 22.354 1.573

ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.38 0.033 11.406 1.462 0.228 0.03 7.696 1.256

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.053 0.011 4.754 1.054

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.179 0.017 10.75 1.196 0.336 0.014 24.768 1.4

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.58 0.032 17.942 1.787 0.483 0.029 16.721 1.62

HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.287 0.062 20.782 3.622 1.027 0.058 17.722 2.794

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.363 0.012 29.467 1.438 0.262 0.01 25.316 1.3

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.067 0.012 5.346 1.069

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.467 0.02 23.811 1.595 0.372 0.017 21.924 1.451

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.293 0.011 25.652 1.34 0.228 0.009 24.487 1.255

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.683 0.04 16.959 1.979 0.607 0.036 16.971 1.835

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.177 0.024 7.299 1.194 0.337 0.02 16.58 1.401

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.242 0.017 13.919 1.274 0.252 0.014 17.428 1.287

INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.883 0.036 24.418 2.419 0.564 0.033 17.146 1.757

INSERTION OF OTHER (NASO-)GASTRIC TUBE 0.514 0.052 9.912 1.672 0.387 0.046 8.32 1.472

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.767 0.032 23.598 2.152 0.942 0.027 35.081 2.565

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG 0.342 0.062 5.527 1.407 0.579 0.049 11.773 1.784

MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.308 0.029 10.573 1.36 0.227 0.025 9.229 1.255

MULTIPLE MYELOMA, WITHOUT MENTION OF HAVING ACHIEVED REMISSION 0.294 0.078 3.775 1.342 0.251 0.066 3.791 1.285

NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.547 0.117 4.678 1.729 0.433 0.1 4.306 1.541

OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS * * * * 0.172 0.057 3.044 1.188

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.719 0.05 14.263 2.053 0.557 0.046 12.217 1.746

OTHER ASCITES 0.485 0.054 8.899 1.624 0.508 0.047 10.765 1.663

OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE 0.392 0.081 4.864 1.48 0.381 0.067 5.69 1.464

OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 0.644 0.059 10.851 1.904 0.534 0.054 9.839 1.705

OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.704 0.038 18.527 2.023 0.577 0.033 17.295 1.781

OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 1.123 0.108 10.446 3.075 0.9 0.099 9.097 2.459

OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.838 0.047 17.876 2.312 0.6 0.044 13.698 1.821

PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.216 0.071 3.032 1.241 0.138 0.062 2.23 1.148

PARENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTERATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 1.066 0.062 17.266 2.903 0.796 0.057 13.935 2.217

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.368 0.018 19.994 1.445 0.352 0.016 21.933 1.421

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.548 0.023 23.844 1.731 0.555 0.019 29.891 1.741

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.37 0.045 8.132 1.448

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.246 0.071 3.459 1.279 0.389 0.059 6.63 1.476

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.173 0.068 2.552 1.189 0.376 0.056 6.752 1.456

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.487 0.049 -30.489 0.226 -1.19 0.043 -27.761 0.304

RENAL FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED 1.309 0.109 11.979 3.703 1.054 0.1 10.587 2.87

SARCOIDOSIS 0.313 0.076 4.122 1.368 0.177 0.062 2.835 1.193

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

SEPTIC SHOCK 1.098 0.049 22.36 2.998 0.877 0.046 18.924 2.403

SexFemale -0.193 0.01 -18.428 0.824 -0.232 0.008 -27.416 0.793

SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.16 0.039 30.126 3.19 0.92 0.036 25.419 2.509

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.124 0.013 240.488 22.731 2.768 0.013 216.103 15.926

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.32 0.078 4.103 1.377 * * * *

TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -0.962 0.04 -24.161 0.382 -0.807 0.033 -24.148 0.446

THORACENTESIS -0.148 0.034 -4.381 0.862 -0.054 0.028 -1.963 0.947

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.09 0.022 4.07 1.094 0.12 0.018 6.589 1.127

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.822 0.051 16.088 2.275 0.759 0.047 16.081 2.137

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM * * * * 0.115 0.045 2.523 1.122

UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.142 0.047 3.031 1.153 0.144 0.038 3.795 1.154

UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.887 0.103 8.646 2.428 0.65 0.094 6.892 1.915

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.114 0.022 5.209 1.121 0.207 0.018 11.421 1.23

UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.185 0.048 3.843 1.203

VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.906 0.063 14.338 2.475 0.837 0.062 13.59 2.31

ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.259 0.08 3.25 1.296

CHRONIC ULCER OF OTHER SPECIFIED SITES * * * * 0.288 0.109 2.65 1.334

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BREAST (FEMALE), UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.202 0.075 2.692 1.224

PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.076 0.027 2.778 1.079

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.156 0.017 9.246 1.169 0.153 0.015 10.414 1.166

ACIDOSIS 0.43 0.006 75.934 1.537 0.305 0.005 60.48 1.356

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.427 0.009 48.811 1.532 0.424 0.008 55.766 1.528

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.622 0.029 21.627 1.863 0.585 0.025 23.085 1.795

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.68 0.015 46.275 1.974 0.655 0.014 46.127 1.925

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.154 0.028 5.598 1.167 * * * *

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.281 0.009 29.822 1.324 0.27 0.009 31.783 1.31

ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.231 0.022 10.551 1.26 0.116 0.02 5.908 1.124

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.812 0.006 139.106 2.253 0.615 0.005 118.79 1.85

ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 1.139 0.024 47.665 3.123 0.947 0.023 41.221 2.578

ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED DEEP VESSELS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.099 0.034 2.915 1.104 0.165 0.03 5.556 1.18

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.163 0.01 17.07 1.177 0.148 0.009 17.245 1.159

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.154 0.019 8.116 1.167 0.209 0.016 12.792 1.233

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.103 0.009 11.515 1.108 0.245 0.008 32.15 1.277

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.219 0.013 17.396 1.245 0.432 0.011 40.086 1.541

Age70To74 0.133 0.009 14.428 1.143 0.161 0.008 20.039 1.175

Age75To79 0.276 0.009 30.28 1.317 0.322 0.008 40.66 1.379

Age80To84 0.418 0.009 45.952 1.518 0.499 0.008 63.113 1.646

Age85To89 0.557 0.009 60.276 1.746 0.679 0.008 84.167 1.971

Age90AndOver 0.703 0.01 73.668 2.02 0.916 0.008 110.029 2.498

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.153 0.006 26.646 1.165

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.065 0.014 4.538 1.067

ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 0.817 0.023 35.666 2.263 0.749 0.022 34.021 2.114

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.032 0.011 2.992 1.032

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.152 0.041 3.726 1.164 0.164 0.035 4.73 1.178

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.494 0.037 13.299 1.639 0.434 0.032 13.465 1.543

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.168 0.005 31.906 1.182 0.195 0.005 43.063 1.215

BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 0.534 0.014 36.823 1.705 0.4 0.013 29.748 1.492

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.085 0.012 7.014 1.089 0.187 0.01 18.173 1.205

BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.359 0.05 7.208 1.431 0.276 0.044 6.338 1.318

CACHEXIA 0.48 0.014 33.67 1.616 0.488 0.013 38.562 1.629

CARDIAC ARREST 2.119 0.019 109.877 8.326 1.929 0.019 99.337 6.885

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.726 0.02 35.596 2.066 0.651 0.02 32.43 1.918

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.125 0.012 10.193 1.133 0.204 0.01 19.631 1.227

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.521 0.035 14.866 1.684 0.601 0.031 19.497 1.824

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.188 0.008 22.796 1.207 0.187 0.007 26.221 1.206

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.418 0.018 23.589 1.519 0.483 0.016 30.798 1.621

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

COMA 1.049 0.029 36.72 2.855 0.939 0.028 33.377 2.557

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.276 0.007 42.397 1.318 0.272 0.006 48.533 1.313

DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.333 0.025 53.194 3.792 1.204 0.025 48.977 3.334

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.105 0.014 7.634 1.111

DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 0.361 0.017 20.983 1.435 0.213 0.016 13.317 1.238

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.026 0.006 4.108 1.026 0.048 0.005 8.837 1.049

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.736 0.006 129.201 2.087 0.773 0.005 157.409 2.167

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.788 0.015 52.332 2.2 0.844 0.014 62.146 2.325

ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.211 0.016 13.539 1.235 0.148 0.014 10.394 1.159

GANGRENE 0.459 0.028 16.127 1.582 0.447 0.025 17.987 1.564

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.044 0.013 3.41 1.045 0.098 0.011 8.759 1.103

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.035 0.008 4.493 1.036

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.081 0.01 7.77 1.085 0.092 0.009 9.906 1.096

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.053 0.007 7.665 1.054 0.228 0.006 38.696 1.256

HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.147 0.029 39.344 3.149 1.02 0.028 36.628 2.772

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.254 0.005 46.598 1.289 0.22 0.005 46.92 1.246

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.081 0.009 8.633 1.085 0.119 0.008 14.959 1.127

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.018 0.005 3.522 1.018

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.226 0.01 21.728 1.254 0.199 0.009 21.979 1.22

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.077 0.006 13.823 1.08 0.112 0.005 23.408 1.118

HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.076 0.018 4.147 1.079 0.094 0.016 5.75 1.098

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.142 0.011 13.233 1.153

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.501 0.015 32.388 1.651 0.461 0.014 32.681 1.586

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA * * * * 0.336 0.007 45.51 1.399

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.348 0.008 43.429 1.417 0.355 0.007 49.426 1.427

INFECTION AND INFLAMMATORY REACTION DUE TO OTHER VASCULAR DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.189 0.063 2.982 1.208 * * * *

INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.503 0.02 25.569 1.654 0.34 0.018 18.567 1.405

INSERTION OF OTHER (NASO-)GASTRIC TUBE 0.611 0.024 25.943 1.842 0.501 0.022 22.471 1.65

INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.168 0.011 14.975 1.183 0.172 0.01 17.722 1.188

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.749 0.021 35.716 2.114 0.878 0.019 47.431 2.405

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED 0.362 0.05 7.256 1.436 0.438 0.044 10.017 1.55

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG 0.311 0.043 7.18 1.364 0.437 0.038 11.566 1.548

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SEPTICEMIA 0.218 0.021 10.488 1.244 0.33 0.014 22.774 1.391

METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SEPTICEMIA 0.107 0.022 4.754 1.113 0.19 0.016 11.886 1.21

MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.598 0.016 37.165 1.818 0.46 0.015 30.134 1.584

NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.57 0.027 20.763 1.769 0.502 0.025 20.446 1.652

OBSTRUCTIVE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, WITHOUT EXACERBATION 0.147 0.007 22.416 1.158 0.152 0.006 27.095 1.164

OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS * * * * 0.158 0.032 5.014 1.171

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.64 0.016 39.913 1.896 0.583 0.015 38.972 1.792

OTHER ASCITES 0.652 0.016 40.184 1.919 0.699 0.015 46.969 2.012

OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.103 0.027 3.875 1.109 0.109 0.023 4.71 1.116

OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE 0.409 0.029 14.246 1.506 0.432 0.025 17.23 1.541

OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 0.581 0.04 14.61 1.788 0.497 0.038 13.179 1.643

OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.426 0.022 18.951 1.531 0.359 0.021 17.505 1.432

OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.939 0.028 33.186 2.557 0.729 0.026 27.868 2.073

OTHER SEPTICEMIA DUE TO GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS -0.714 0.021 -33.823 0.49 -0.509 0.014 -35.608 0.601

OTHER SPECIFIED SEPTICEMIAS -0.25 0.019 -13.244 0.779 -0.156 0.012 -12.816 0.855

OTHER STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA -0.221 0.033 -6.775 0.802 * * * *

PANCYTOPENIA 0.417 0.015 27.663 1.518 0.406 0.013 30.364 1.501

PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.201 0.02 10.083 1.223 0.127 0.018 7.05 1.136

PARENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTERATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.38 0.019 19.622 1.463 0.266 0.018 14.801 1.304

PNEUMOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA -0.487 0.034 -14.461 0.614 -0.447 0.027 -16.463 0.64

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.078 0.007 10.45 1.081 0.259 0.006 40.113 1.296

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.434 0.018 24.421 1.543 0.413 0.015 26.655 1.511

PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II * * * * 0.204 0.01 19.511 1.226

Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.09 0.016 5.658 1.094 0.259 0.013 19.493 1.295

Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.134 0.015 8.653 1.143 0.257 0.013 19.837 1.293

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.16 0.018 8.815 1.174 0.326 0.015 21.252 1.385

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.374 0.032 -43.477 0.253 -1.125 0.027 -41.004 0.325

PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.18 0.026 6.933 1.197 0.134 0.023 5.699 1.143

RENAL FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED 1.217 0.053 23.162 3.377 1.047 0.049 21.518 2.849

SARCOIDOSIS 0.155 0.049 3.173 1.168 0.103 0.043 2.411 1.108

SEPSIS DUE TO STREPTOCOCCAL -0.574 0.022 -26.219 0.563 -0.403 0.015 -26.996 0.669

SEPTICEMIA DUE TO ANAEROBES -0.192 0.031 -6.239 0.826 -0.131 0.025 -5.325 0.878

SEPTICEMIA DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI) -1.084 0.018 -60.759 0.338 -0.829 0.01 -81.484 0.437

SEPTICEMIA DUE TO HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE (H. INFLUENZAE) -0.697 0.066 -10.611 0.498 -0.618 0.056 -11.043 0.539

SEPTICEMIA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS -0.411 0.029 -14.402 0.663 -0.252 0.022 -11.651 0.777

SEPTICEMIA DUE TO SERRATIA -0.405 0.076 -5.319 0.667 -0.244 0.063 -3.86 0.784

SEPTIC SHOCK 1.298 0.005 236.674 3.662 0.988 0.005 201.662 2.687

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

SEVERE SEPSIS 0.212 0.005 39.672 1.236 0.148 0.005 32.024 1.16

SexFemale 0.022 0.005 4.428 1.022 * * * *

SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.033 0.036 28.901 2.811 0.84 0.034 24.816 2.316

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.718 0.006 418.317 15.144 2.633 0.007 395.384 13.922

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.181 0.036 4.952 1.198 0.129 0.032 4.064 1.138

TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -1.024 0.023 -44.367 0.359 -1.031 0.021 -48.802 0.357

THORACENTESIS -0.167 0.017 -9.642 0.846 -0.084 0.015 -5.558 0.919

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.079 0.009 9.106 1.083 0.084 0.008 11.006 1.087

ULCER OF OTHER PART OF LOWER LIMB 0.13 0.035 3.747 1.139 0.197 0.029 6.724 1.218

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.689 0.023 30.083 1.992 0.709 0.021 34.225 2.031

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.117 0.029 4.095 1.124 0.102 0.025 4 1.107

UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.111 0.022 4.924 1.117 0.11 0.019 5.898 1.116

UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.72 0.022 32.113 2.055 0.551 0.021 26.258 1.735

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.128 0.011 11.795 1.136 0.17 0.01 17.793 1.185

UNSPECIFIED SEPTICEMIA -0.068 0.014 -4.914 0.934 * * * *

UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.192 0.027 7.185 1.211 0.205 0.024 8.713 1.228

UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.947 0.02 46.743 2.578 0.797 0.019 41.33 2.22

VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.875 0.05 17.347 2.398 0.817 0.049 16.662 2.264

ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF DEEP VESSELS OF PROXIMAL LOWER EXTREMITY - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.056 0.024 2.377 1.058

ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.384 0.035 10.837 1.467

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with other specified manifestations/ketoacidosis, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.058 0.01 5.688 1.06

PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.124 0.02 6.193 1.132

STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.147 0.037 3.933 1.159

ULCER OF HEEL AND MIDFOOT * * * * 0.059 0.025 2.382 1.061

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.569 0.037 15.22 1.766 0.494 0.034 14.327 1.639

ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.59 0.107 5.52 1.804 0.718 0.098 7.353 2.05

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.049 0.125 8.39 2.856 1.13 0.127 8.862 3.095

ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE AND PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 1.133 0.244 4.637 3.106 0.803 0.243 3.312 2.233

ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.599 0.141 4.252 1.82 0.422 0.127 3.31 1.525

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.257 0.107 2.413 1.293 0.295 0.096 3.057 1.343

ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.267 0.13 2.061 1.307 * * * *

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.536 0.055 9.838 1.71 0.501 0.052 9.658 1.651

ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.494 0.038 12.856 1.639 0.469 0.035 13.295 1.599

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.213 0.083 2.574 1.237 0.262 0.073 3.609 1.3

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.38 0.078 4.858 1.462

Age70To74 0.281 0.05 5.672 1.325 0.322 0.044 7.282 1.38

Age75To79 0.453 0.049 9.229 1.572 0.514 0.044 11.757 1.672

Age80To84 0.684 0.049 13.872 1.982 0.776 0.044 17.553 2.173

Age85To89 0.811 0.052 15.736 2.249 1.069 0.046 23.384 2.913

Age90AndOver 0.953 0.057 16.665 2.594 1.399 0.05 27.947 4.051

ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 0.326 0.147 2.217 1.385 * * * *

ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.914 0.178 5.139 2.495 0.964 0.163 5.897 2.621

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.223 0.045 4.988 1.25

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.487 0.203 2.403 1.628 0.431 0.19 2.271 1.54

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.233 0.031 7.403 1.262 0.256 0.028 9.232 1.291

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.286 0.053 5.388 1.332

CACHEXIA 0.512 0.082 6.273 1.669 0.422 0.078 5.432 1.525

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.379 0.035 10.721 1.461 0.379 0.031 12.121 1.461

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.108 0.046 2.328 1.114 * * * *

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.369 0.079 4.647 1.446 0.427 0.069 6.175 1.532

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.143 0.055 2.617 1.154 * * * *

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE AND PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.744 0.176 4.218 2.104 0.676 0.162 4.164 1.965

CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.443 0.083 5.327 1.557 0.457 0.072 6.375 1.58

CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.615 0.088 6.957 1.851 0.577 0.082 7.019 1.781

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.417 0.101 4.144 1.517 0.777 0.086 8.99 2.174

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.303 0.045 6.779 1.353 0.324 0.039 8.215 1.383

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL * * * * 0.138 0.028 4.878 1.148

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.366 0.163 8.405 3.919 1.318 0.168 7.867 3.736

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.297 0.073 4.057 1.346

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.876 0.122 7.165 2.402 0.941 0.114 8.263 2.562

EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY * * * * 0.194 0.089 2.18 1.214

GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.696 0.128 5.441 2.006 0.677 0.119 5.675 1.968

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.334 0.127 2.627 1.397 0.337 0.118 2.845 1.4

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.313 0.079 3.951 1.367 0.236 0.071 3.326 1.266

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.132 0.061 2.174 1.141 0.164 0.053 3.079 1.178

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.327 0.063 5.211 1.386 0.304 0.056 5.392 1.356

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY * * * * 0.225 0.103 2.193 1.252

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.446 0.08 5.545 1.563 0.421 0.073 5.79 1.523

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.104 0.031 3.337 1.109

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.163 0.057 2.86 1.177 0.177 0.052 3.382 1.194

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.207 0.034 6.07 1.23 0.214 0.03 7.123 1.238

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.253 0.054 4.72 1.287 0.236 0.048 4.911 1.266

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.26 0.054 4.819 1.297

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC * * * * 0.165 0.059 2.795 1.179

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.148 0.065 2.267 1.16 0.292 0.058 5.033 1.339

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.458 0.114 4.004 1.581 0.548 0.104 5.277 1.73

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.152 0.059 2.589 1.164 0.155 0.052 2.974 1.167

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.35 0.15 2.335 1.418

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER * * * * 0.119 0.056 2.119 1.127

HP129_CVG Incisions of Small Intestine 0.302 0.086 3.525 1.352 0.232 0.074 3.145 1.262

HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.477 0.046 10.353 1.611 0.245 0.04 6.122 1.277

HP132_CVG Exteriorization of Small Intestine 0.658 0.099 6.652 1.932 0.712 0.087 8.172 2.038

HP133_CVG Ileostomies 0.489 0.052 9.398 1.63 0.512 0.048 10.729 1.668

HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.434 0.068 6.379 1.544 0.914 0.057 15.983 2.495

HP135_CVG Other Repair of Small Intestine 0.333 0.068 4.925 1.395 0.219 0.058 3.786 1.245

HP166_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - High Mortality 0.548 0.075 7.274 1.729 0.484 0.07 6.909 1.622

HP170_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - Moderate Mortality 0.398 0.122 3.254 1.488 0.424 0.109 3.897 1.528

HP171_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - High Mortality 0.519 0.148 3.506 1.68 0.397 0.136 2.925 1.488

HP172_CVG Pylorus - High Mortality 0.658 0.162 4.05 1.93 0.417 0.152 2.749 1.517

HP176_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis and Large-to-Large Anastomosis - Moderate Mortality 0.459 0.067 6.81 1.583 0.362 0.063 5.722 1.437

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HP177_CVG Colon Resection Anastomosis – High Mortality 0.376 0.061 6.189 1.457 0.275 0.057 4.871 1.317

HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.325 0.101 3.233 1.384 * * * *

HP183_CVG Stoma 0.345 0.14 2.471 1.412 0.534 0.127 4.214 1.705

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA * * * * 0.139 0.058 2.378 1.149

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.183 0.06 3.039 1.201 0.186 0.054 3.443 1.204

INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.335 0.089 3.757 1.398 0.313 0.082 3.802 1.368

INTESTINAL OR PERITONEAL ADHESIONS WITH OBSTRUCTION (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.165 0.037 4.441 1.179 * * * *

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.563 0.168 3.357 1.756

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.283 0.129 2.185 1.327

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.496 0.091 5.443 1.642 0.586 0.084 6.942 1.797

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED VENTRAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.38 0.101 3.762 1.462 0.252 0.095 2.661 1.286

OTHER ASCITES 0.179 0.05 3.575 1.197 0.137 0.046 2.968 1.147

OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.315 0.104 3.029 1.37

OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.352 0.087 4.021 1.421 0.213 0.083 2.57 1.237

OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.292 0.093 3.146 1.339 0.229 0.085 2.705 1.257

P4311_CVG PERCUTANEOUS [ENDOSCOPIC] GASTROSTOMY [PEG] -0.367 0.102 -3.598 0.692 -0.347 0.09 -3.863 0.707

P4641_CVG Revision of Stoma of Small Intestine -0.358 0.114 -3.125 0.699 -0.215 0.09 -2.382 0.807

P4674_CVG Closure of Fistula of Small Intestine, Except Duodenum 0.415 0.055 7.498 1.515 0.296 0.05 5.913 1.345

PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.516 0.169 3.048 1.675 0.482 0.149 3.238 1.62

PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.518 0.044 11.717 1.678 0.505 0.041 12.462 1.657

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.284 0.136 2.09 1.329 0.31 0.122 2.538 1.364

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.345 0.148 2.33 1.412

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.438 0.202 2.164 1.55 0.592 0.177 3.345 1.807

Repair of Small Intestine Stoma -0.482 0.11 -4.385 0.618 -0.567 0.091 -6.199 0.567

SEPTIC SHOCK 0.968 0.046 20.907 2.632 0.833 0.044 18.877 2.3

SEVERE SEPSIS 0.212 0.054 3.92 1.236 0.226 0.051 4.428 1.253

SexFemale -0.134 0.028 -4.731 0.875 -0.121 0.025 -4.833 0.886

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.877 0.035 81.044 17.752 3.481 0.039 88.252 32.496

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.293 0.059 4.94 1.34 0.269 0.054 5.017 1.309

UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.171 0.048 3.56 1.187 0.157 0.042 3.755 1.17

UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.128 0.053 2.418 1.137 0.238 0.048 4.975 1.269

UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.46 0.046 10.045 1.584 0.404 0.042 9.61 1.498

GASTROPTOSIS * * * * 0.362 0.177 2.049 1.436

HP175_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality * * * * -0.69 0.18 -3.834 0.501

HP181_CVG Rectal Resection and Anastomosis * * * * -0.491 0.171 -2.872 0.612

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF STOMACH, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.882 0.215 4.097 2.416

OTHER SPECIFIED DISORDERS OF INTESTINES * * * * 0.249 0.086 2.896 1.282

P4593_CVG Other Small-to-Large Intestinal Anastomosis * * * * 0.251 0.077 3.257 1.286

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.519 0.031 16.845 1.681 0.362 0.025 14.279 1.436

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.541 0.034 15.795 1.718 0.549 0.026 20.753 1.731

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.965 0.019 103.868 7.137 1.418 0.017 84.53 4.128

AdmitSourceXferHospital -0.061 0.019 -3.273 0.941 * * * *

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.082 0.035 2.322 1.085

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing -0.21 0.038 -5.562 0.811 0.358 0.026 13.951 1.431

Age70To74 0.138 0.026 5.381 1.148 0.171 0.02 8.503 1.186

Age75To79 0.28 0.025 11.231 1.323 0.368 0.019 18.971 1.444

Age80To84 0.364 0.025 14.763 1.439 0.575 0.019 30.272 1.777

Age85To89 0.391 0.025 15.496 1.479 0.779 0.019 40.641 2.18

Age90AndOver 0.413 0.026 15.583 1.511 1.105 0.02 56.027 3.018

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.198 0.014 14.504 1.218

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.195 0.021 9.168 1.216

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.046 0.016 2.819 1.047

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.369 0.014 26.617 1.446 0.335 0.01 33.097 1.399

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.093 0.042 2.2 1.098 0.267 0.033 8.209 1.306

CARDIAC PACEMAKER IN SITU 0.063 0.026 2.403 1.065 0.061 0.019 3.311 1.063

CEREBRAL EDEMA TRAUMATIC AND NON TRAUMATIC 0.438 0.02 21.67 1.549 0.3 0.017 17.357 1.35

CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.343 0.034 10.167 1.409 0.217 0.026 8.244 1.243

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.183 0.019 9.401 1.201 0.2 0.014 14.13 1.222

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.152 0.041 3.717 1.165 0.262 0.029 9.07 1.299

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.159 0.026 6.097 1.173 0.181 0.019 9.547 1.198

CLIPPING OF ANEURYSM -0.389 0.121 -3.217 0.678 -0.448 0.112 -4.013 0.639

COMA 1.521 0.029 52.655 4.578 1.434 0.027 53.296 4.194

COMPRESSION OF BRAIN 1.066 0.029 37.106 2.904 0.855 0.026 32.643 2.352

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.32 0.02 16.076 1.377 0.334 0.015 22.885 1.396

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.049 0.015 3.342 1.05 0.038 0.011 3.53 1.039

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.083 0.016 5.173 1.086 0.091 0.012 7.81 1.095

DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.581 0.016 37.375 1.789 0.788 0.011 69.242 2.199

ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 0.642 0.045 14.282 1.9 0.492 0.041 11.853 1.635

ENDOVASCULAR (TOTAL) EMBOLIZATION OR OCCLUSION OF HEAD AND NECK VESSELS -0.335 0.067 -5.038 0.715 -0.365 0.06 -6.072 0.694

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.658 0.078 8.471 1.931 0.852 0.059 14.512 2.344

EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY * * * * 0.055 0.026 2.121 1.056

FLACCID HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.894 0.076 11.702 2.445 1.099 0.06 18.209 3

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.224 0.081 2.76 1.251 0.219 0.061 3.598 1.245

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.104 0.038 2.778 1.11 0.119 0.028 4.33 1.127

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.076 0.032 2.424 1.079 0.066 0.023 2.832 1.068

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.142 0.038 3.679 1.152

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.283 0.021 13.396 1.327

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.626 0.049 12.804 1.871 0.502 0.042 12.052 1.652

HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.193 0.089 13.375 3.297 1.04 0.074 14.056 2.829

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.218 0.019 11.241 1.244 0.155 0.014 10.781 1.168

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.091 0.019 4.874 1.096

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.101 0.017 5.804 1.106 0.242 0.013 18.164 1.274

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.367 0.04 9.101 1.444 0.195 0.032 6.048 1.216

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.082 0.012 7.013 1.085

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.284 0.032 8.894 1.329 0.431 0.024 17.657 1.539

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.273 0.048 5.649 1.314 0.344 0.037 9.267 1.411

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.159 0.064 2.502 1.173

HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.158 0.045 3.518 1.172 0.069 0.033 2.067 1.071

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.526 0.071 7.38 1.691 0.483 0.057 8.534 1.621

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.261 0.032 8.158 1.298 0.459 0.025 18.175 1.582

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.106 0.042 2.534 1.112 0.19 0.031 6.138 1.21

HYPOXEMIA 0.129 0.054 2.384 1.138 0.137 0.04 3.403 1.147

INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE 0.578 0.02 29.015 1.783 0.387 0.016 24.474 1.472

LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.265 0.041 6.418 1.304

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.438 0.087 5.019 1.55 0.968 0.061 15.801 2.633

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF PROSTATE * * * * 0.144 0.064 2.262 1.155

NEUROLOGIC NEGLECT SYNDROME 0.095 0.037 2.568 1.1 0.16 0.029 5.588 1.173

OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS 0.72 0.032 22.53 2.054 0.598 0.029 20.669 1.818

OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF BASILAR ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.8 0.056 14.323 2.225 0.52 0.047 11.031 1.682

OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF CAROTID ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.294 0.03 9.847 1.342 0.171 0.023 7.318 1.187

OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF VERTEBRAL ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.272 0.068 3.985 1.312 0.107 0.053 2.034 1.113

OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS 0.283 0.074 3.836 1.327 0.346 0.057 6.043 1.413

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.398 0.064 6.231 1.489 0.33 0.053 6.18 1.391

OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.347 0.088 3.956 1.415

PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.071 0.032 2.214 1.073

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.546 0.027 19.955 1.727 0.596 0.023 26.026 1.814

Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.492 0.074 6.649 1.635

Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.243 0.104 2.34 1.275 0.488 0.078 6.239 1.629

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.705 0.056 -30.69 0.182 -1.282 0.042 -30.586 0.277

SexFemale -0.174 0.014 -12.897 0.84 -0.166 0.01 -16.753 0.847

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.721 0.015 254.052 41.292 3.338 0.014 246.772 28.173

STATUS POST ADMINISTRATION OF TPA (RTPA) IN A DIFFERENT FACILITY WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO ADMISSION TO CURRENT FACILITY 0.259 0.036 7.23 1.295 * * * *

SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE 0.927 0.04 23.269 2.527 0.654 0.033 19.534 1.924

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.166 0.033 5.04 1.18 0.148 0.025 6.037 1.16

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE -0.087 0.017 -5.216 0.917 -0.026 0.012 -2.147 0.974

UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING DOMINANT SIDE 0.131 0.019 7.053 1.14 0.216 0.014 15.752 1.241

UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING NONDOMINANT SIDE 0.11 0.019 5.914 1.116 0.181 0.014 13.218 1.198

UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.36 0.021 17.067 1.433 0.472 0.016 30.175 1.603

UNSPECIFIED INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE 0.786 0.042 18.753 2.195 0.625 0.033 18.683 1.869

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.255 0.048 5.367 1.291 0.308 0.037 8.307 1.361

ALTERED MENTAL STATUS * * * * 0.149 0.027 5.432 1.161

LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, APHASIA * * * * 0.134 0.035 3.828 1.144

OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED PRECEREBRAL ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION * * * * -0.142 0.064 -2.225 0.868

OTHER ABNORMAL BLOOD CHEMISTRY * * * * 0.21 0.048 4.358 1.234

PROCEDURE ON SINGLE VESSEL - STROKE SPECIFIC * * * * -0.29 0.036 -8.111 0.748

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Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.819 0.063 13.086 2.268 0.743 0.059 12.664 2.103

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.061 0.153 6.915 2.89 0.963 0.148 6.528 2.621

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.13 0.048 2.725 1.139 0.096 0.045 2.136 1.1

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.168 0.06 2.816 1.183 0.185 0.055 3.39 1.204

ADHESIVE PERICARDITIS 0.622 0.095 6.532 1.862 0.56 0.089 6.272 1.751

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.176 0.038 4.568 1.192 0.133 0.035 3.781 1.142

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.541 0.172 3.142 1.717 0.542 0.148 3.674 1.72

Age70To74 0.217 0.043 5.01 1.242 0.191 0.039 4.896 1.211

Age75To79 0.488 0.042 11.686 1.63 0.46 0.038 12.234 1.585

Age80To84 0.67 0.043 15.451 1.954 0.662 0.039 17.096 1.939

Age85To89 0.873 0.05 17.613 2.395 0.886 0.044 20.363 2.425

Age90AndOver 1.054 0.067 15.771 2.87 1.117 0.056 19.97 3.055

ANNULOPLASTY 0.271 0.047 5.733 1.312 0.214 0.044 4.852 1.239

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.087 0.036 2.401 1.09

(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF FOUR OR MORE CORONARY ARTERIES 0.279 0.121 2.306 1.322 0.225 0.112 2.002 1.252

(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF ONE CORONARY ARTERY 0.303 0.038 7.937 1.354 0.233 0.035 6.607 1.263

(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF THREE CORONARY ARTERIES 0.417 0.063 6.657 1.517 0.359 0.058 6.161 1.431

(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF TWO CORONARY ARTERIES 0.366 0.043 8.553 1.442 0.294 0.04 7.392 1.342

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY * * * * 0.423 0.12 3.523 1.527

CARDIAC ARREST 1.007 0.171 5.879 2.737 1.099 0.156 7.035 3.002

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.069 0.034 2.053 1.071 0.131 0.029 4.524 1.14

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.522 0.062 8.369 1.686 0.479 0.055 8.659 1.615

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.101 0.029 3.491 1.106 0.118 0.025 4.643 1.126

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.183 0.07 2.618 1.201 0.27 0.057 4.699 1.31

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.085 0.095 11.363 2.959 1.052 0.086 12.188 2.862

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.382 0.105 3.632 1.466 0.371 0.095 3.907 1.45

hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.31 0.044 7.034 1.364 0.277 0.039 7.097 1.319

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.099 0.029 3.376 1.104 0.093 0.026 3.579 1.098

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.078 0.038 2.052 1.082 0.079 0.034 2.311 1.082

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.48 0.081 5.936 1.616 0.525 0.072 7.304 1.69

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.603 0.05 12.022 1.828 0.605 0.046 13.293 1.832

hd128_CVG MITRAL STENOSIS & INSUFFICIENCY 0.44 0.07 6.263 1.552 0.387 0.065 5.923 1.473

HD143_CVG INFERIOR WALL AMI 0.424 0.147 2.886 1.528 0.486 0.14 3.467 1.625

HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.3 0.044 6.775 1.349 0.312 0.04 7.82 1.366

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.09 0.037 2.471 1.094

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.331 0.044 7.436 1.392 0.345 0.039 8.811 1.412

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Valve Surgery (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient

Standard Error Z-Stat

Odds Ratio

HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.507 0.161 3.14 1.66 0.444 0.147 3.017 1.559

IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 2.256 0.033 68.06 9.546 2.086 0.032 66.026 8.056

INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 3.114 0.125 24.857 22.507 2.875 0.123 23.434 17.731

MECHANICAL COMPLICATION DUE TO HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS 0.647 0.172 3.765 1.91 0.48 0.166 2.889 1.616

MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.156 0.038 4.101 1.169 0.169 0.035 4.821 1.184

MULTIPLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS 0.33 0.142 2.328 1.391 0.388 0.126 3.071 1.475

OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE 0.766 0.047 16.392 2.151 0.561 0.045 12.581 1.752

OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 0.493 0.032 15.318 1.638 0.309 0.032 9.646 1.363

OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF MITRAL VALVE 0.965 0.056 17.372 2.625 0.911 0.062 14.606 2.486

OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF MITRAL VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 0.818 0.036 22.779 2.267 0.803 0.048 16.895 2.232

OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF TRICUSPID VALVE 0.971 0.187 5.203 2.64 1.008 0.169 5.964 2.74

OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF TRICUSPID VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 1.416 0.102 13.86 4.121 1.219 0.097 12.604 3.383

OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF AORTIC VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.994 0.127 7.824 2.702 0.825 0.12 6.889 2.283

OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF MITRAL VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.271 0.06 4.481 1.311 * * * *

OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF TRICUSPID VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.388 0.073 5.32 1.474 0.369 0.067 5.492 1.446

OTHER AND NOS, BYPASS ANASTOMOSIS FOR HEART REVASCULARIZATION 0.398 0.071 5.602 1.489 0.321 0.066 4.838 1.378

PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY [PTCA] - BYP-VLV Specific 0.45 0.099 4.531 1.568 0.393 0.09 4.376 1.481

SexFemale 0.358 0.026 14.017 1.43 0.276 0.022 12.316 1.318

TRANSAPICAL REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE 1.085 0.08 13.611 2.96 0.852 0.07 12.123 2.344

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.431 0.093 4.622 1.539 0.352 0.087 4.067 1.422

VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.587 0.202 2.901 1.799 0.564 0.189 2.985 1.758

SLHP102_CVG MITRAL VALVE ONLY REPLACEMENT * * * * -0.169 0.059 -2.888 0.844

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Appendix C. Coefficient Summary Table – Complication Cohorts Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.866 0.281 3.078 2.378

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.767 0.061 12.568 2.153

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.902 0.169 5.35 2.464

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.535 0.205 2.608 1.707

Age70To74 0.073 0.041 1.8 1.076

Age75To79 0.229 0.041 5.647 1.258

Age80To84 0.279 0.043 6.495 1.322

Age85To89 0.42 0.049 8.554 1.521

Age90AndOver 0.567 0.07 8.06 1.764

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.771 0.12 6.441 2.162

ANGIOPLASTY OF OTHER NON-CORONARY VESSEL(S) 0.263 0.036 7.32 1.301

AORTA-ILIAC-FEMORAL BYPASS 0.737 0.107 6.863 2.089

AORTA-RENAL BYPASS 1.267 0.21 6.047 3.551

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.269 0.066 4.101 1.309

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.375 0.061 6.152 1.455

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.357 0.127 2.819 1.429

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.185 0.029 6.443 1.203

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.494 0.067 7.419 1.639

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.895 0.094 9.522 2.447

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.279 0.07 3.952 1.321

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.28 0.063 4.468 1.323

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.324 0.063 5.143 1.383

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.96 0.097 9.876 2.611

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.357 0.064 5.624 1.43

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.366 0.074 4.921 1.442

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.496 0.068 7.329 1.642

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.903 0.107 8.472 2.467

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 1.156 0.091 12.666 3.176

HD149_CVG INFRA-RENAL ANEURYSM 0.088 0.037 2.379 1.092

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.162 0.034 4.771 1.176

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.499 0.191 2.609 1.646

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.549 0.128 4.274 1.731

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.854 0.206 4.154 2.349

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.188 0.084 2.226 1.207

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.396 0.184 7.596 4.037

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.477 0.081 5.885 1.611

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.453 0.068 6.669 1.573

HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.131 0.043 3.08 1.14

INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.164 0.026 6.252 1.178

LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.688 0.212 3.245 1.99

MECHANICAL COMPLICATION OF OTHER VASCULAR DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT - INCLUSIVE 0.251 0.059 4.216 1.285

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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.889 0.221 4.021 2.433

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.204 0.077 2.653 1.226

OTHER (PERIPHERAL) VASCULAR SHUNT OR BYPASS 0.91 0.077 11.84 2.485

PERSONAL HISTORY OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA), AND CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT RESIDUAL DEFICITS 0.123 0.042 2.966 1.131

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 2.06 0.188 10.95 7.848

RESECTION OF ABDOMINAL AORTA WITH REPLACEMENT 2.104 0.038 55.382 8.2

SexFemale 0.198 0.03 6.579 1.219

UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 2.101 0.275 7.645 8.173

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Appendectomy

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH GENERALIZED PERITONITIS 1.01 0.021 48.758 2.746

ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH PERITONEAL ABSCESS 0.938 0.023 41.04 2.555

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.212 0.104 2.038 1.236

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.502 0.173 2.901 1.652

Age45To64 0.482 0.022 21.698 1.619

Age65To74 0.805 0.03 26.924 2.237

Age75AndOver 1.25 0.034 36.677 3.489

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.302 0.047 6.491 1.353

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.2 0.042 4.765 1.221

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.43 0.041 10.577 1.537

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.884 0.063 14.103 2.422

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.485 0.169 2.868 1.624

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 1.252 0.118 10.576 3.498

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.465 0.07 6.649 1.591

CLOSED SURGICAL PROCEDURE CONVERTED TO OPEN PROCEDURE 0.323 0.04 7.999 1.381

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.464 0.061 7.649 1.59

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.153 0.035 4.423 1.166

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 3.208 0.153 20.992 24.732

ESCHERICHIA COLI [E. COLI] INFECTION IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.543 0.043 12.591 1.722

HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.147 0.022 6.809 1.158

HD122_CVG ASTHMA 0.082 0.039 2.124 1.086

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.733 0.032 22.91 2.081

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.264 0.041 6.516 1.302

HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.726 0.2 3.623 2.066

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.358 0.106 3.381 1.43

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.293 0.036 8.201 1.34

HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.118 0.042 2.788 1.125

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.443 0.042 10.625 1.557

LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY 1.008 0.091 11.068 2.74

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.333 0.1 3.322 1.395

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.322 0.047 6.847 1.38

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED DISEASES OF APPENDIX 0.322 0.052 6.174 1.38

OTHER APPENDECTOMY 1.57 0.092 16.998 4.805

PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.266 0.04 6.642 1.305

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.604 0.077 7.805 1.829

SEVERE SEPSIS 0.627 0.069 9.102 1.873

SexFemale -0.392 0.018 -21.455 0.676

TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.204 0.083 2.455 1.226

UMBILICAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.116 0.048 2.391 1.123

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Back and Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.4 0.053 7.54 1.493

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.336 0.137 2.447 1.4

Age70To74 0.15 0.035 4.235 1.162

Age75To79 0.217 0.036 5.98 1.243

Age80To84 0.39 0.039 10.123 1.477

Age85To89 0.551 0.044 12.593 1.734

Age90AndOver 0.494 0.058 8.559 1.639

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.152 0.044 3.424 1.164

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.285 0.066 4.343 1.33

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.13 0.032 4.074 1.139

Biopsy of spinal cord or spinal meninges - 03.32 0.313 0.089 3.526 1.368

CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME WITHOUT MENTION OF NEUROGENIC BLADDER 0.293 0.074 3.963 1.341

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS WITH MYELOPATHY 0.155 0.051 3.038 1.168

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.221 0.033 6.611 1.248

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.157 0.058 2.694 1.17

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.195 0.066 2.96 1.215

CLOSED FRACTURE OF SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRA WITHOUT MENTION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY 1.227 0.083 14.796 3.41

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.275 0.047 5.839 1.317

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.228 0.026 8.696 1.256

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.358 0.083 4.319 1.431

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.095 0.033 2.869 1.1

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.187 0.049 3.827 1.206

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.281 0.047 6.029 1.324

EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC, UNSPECIFIED 0.082 0.031 2.615 1.086

HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.482 0.118 4.092 1.619

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.406 0.054 7.584 1.501

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.498 0.12 4.158 1.646

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.474 0.081 5.875 1.606

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.577 0.063 9.113 1.782

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.398 0.072 5.524 1.489

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.295 0.087 3.398 1.343

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.054 0.082 12.846 2.87

HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.21 0.035 6.071 1.234

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.661 0.063 10.427 1.937

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.105 0.05 2.121 1.111

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.529 0.079 6.677 1.697

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.383 0.06 6.405 1.467

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.237 0.065 3.62 1.268

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.697 0.191 3.654 2.007

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.664 0.134 4.948 1.942

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.172 0.062 2.761 1.188

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.328 0.045 7.216 1.388

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Back and Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion) (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.222 0.033 6.656 1.249

INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF INTERSPINOUS PROCESS DEVICE(S) -0.466 0.09 -5.188 0.628

INSERTION or REPLACEMENT OF PARTIAL or TOTAL SPINAL DISC PROSTHESIS, CERVICAL -1.32 0.453 -2.916 0.267

INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF PEDICLE-BASED DYNAMIC STABILIZATION DEVICE(S) 0.446 0.214 2.083 1.562

INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISORDER WITH MYELOPATHY, CERVICAL REGION 0.259 0.085 3.034 1.296

INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISORDER WITH MYELOPATHY, LUMBAR REGION 0.278 0.091 3.071 1.321

INTRASPINAL ABSCESS 0.685 0.072 9.475 1.983

LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF STEROIDS 0.15 0.064 2.347 1.162

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.225 0.186 6.575 3.405

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.317 0.035 9.007 1.373

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.584 0.111 5.25 1.793

OTHER EXPLORATION AND DECOMPRESSION OF SPINAL CANAL 0.279 0.03 9.439 1.322

OTHER REPAIR AND PLASTIC OPERATIONS ON SPINAL CORD STRUCTURES 0.703 0.042 16.806 2.019

OTHER SPECIFIED CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS 0.193 0.093 2.068 1.213

PARAPLEGIA 0.59 0.088 6.686 1.803

PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.064 0.026 2.456 1.066

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.57 0.19 8.281 4.809

RETENTION OF URINE, UNSPECIFIED 0.166 0.058 2.861 1.18

RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.293 0.097 3.03 1.341

SexFemale -0.09 0.026 -3.455 0.914

SPINAL STENOSIS OF THORACIC REGION 0.181 0.07 2.584 1.198

Spinal Tap - 03.31 0.819 0.138 5.939 2.267

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.33 0.073 4.55 1.392

TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 1.232 0.06 20.653 3.428

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.19 0.047 4.089 1.209

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Bariatric Surgery

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 1.474 0.508 2.901 4.368

Age45To64 0.248 0.028 8.808 1.282

Age65To74 0.489 0.048 10.245 1.631

Age75AndOver 1.014 0.181 5.609 2.755

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.233 0.072 3.235 1.262

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.385 0.065 5.897 1.47

CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS 0.529 0.145 3.645 1.697

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.888 0.134 6.631 2.43

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 1.596 0.181 8.82 4.932

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.489 0.143 3.428 1.631

CLOSED SURGICAL PROCEDURE CONVERTED TO OPEN PROCEDURE 2.448 0.145 16.887 11.565

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.286 0.08 3.58 1.331

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.155 0.054 2.899 1.168

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.241 0.079 3.047 1.272

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.518 0.065 7.942 1.679

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.15 0.029 5.171 1.162

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 4.13 0.091 45.205 62.202

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.335 0.125 2.677 1.398

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.802 0.105 7.666 2.23

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.55 0.108 5.111 1.734

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.673 0.18 3.746 1.961

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.396 0.132 2.992 1.485

HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.54 0.135 3.987 1.715

HYPOXEMIA 0.554 0.191 2.906 1.74

LAPAROSCOPIC GASTROENTEROSTOMY 0.975 0.204 4.788 2.65

LAPAROSCOPIC LYSIS OF PERITONEAL ADHESIONS 0.445 0.045 9.882 1.56

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.293 0.026 11.124 1.34

OTHER ABNORMAL GLUCOSE 0.192 0.074 2.592 1.212

OTHER GASTROSTOMY 2.127 0.156 13.64 8.387

OTHER PARTIAL RESECTION OF SMALL INTESTINE 1.445 0.108 13.431 4.244

OTHER REPAIR OF INTESTINE 2.299 0.137 16.768 9.961

OTHER REPAIR OF STOMACH 0.63 0.1 6.326 1.878

OTHER SPECIFIED CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS 0.358 0.158 2.268 1.43

PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY WITH ANASTOMOSIS TO JEJUNUM OR JEJUNAL TRANSPOSITION 0.346 0.166 2.09 1.414

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.359 0.144 2.485 1.431

PULMONARY COLLAPSE 0.677 0.237 2.863 1.968

SexFemale -0.216 0.029 -7.382 0.806

SMALL-TO-SMALL INTESTINAL ANASTOMOSIS 0.985 0.09 10.884 2.677

UMBILICAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.24 0.086 2.799 1.271

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Carotid Procedures

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.881 0.057 15.437 2.413

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.448 0.03 14.817 1.565

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.478 0.083 5.782 1.613

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.362 0.102 3.541 1.436

Age70To74 0.085 0.023 3.649 1.089

Age75To79 0.205 0.023 8.798 1.228

Age80To84 0.284 0.025 11.425 1.329

Age85To89 0.414 0.029 14.162 1.512

Age90AndOver 0.38 0.046 8.163 1.462

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.284 0.08 3.544 1.329

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.315 0.035 9.034 1.37

APHASIA 0.399 0.029 13.587 1.491

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.18 0.062 2.884 1.197

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.236 0.071 3.303 1.266

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.069 0.02 3.423 1.072

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.256 0.067 3.838 1.292

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.558 0.088 6.325 1.747

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.104 0.02 5.293 1.11

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.44 0.026 17.061 1.553

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.28 0.067 4.149 1.323

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.721 0.052 13.993 2.057

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.31 0.03 10.254 1.363

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.172 0.028 6.21 1.188

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.263 0.049 5.36 1.301

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.168 0.033 5.168 1.183

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.321 0.028 11.269 1.379

ENDARTERECTOMY OF OTHER VESSELS OF HEAD AND NECK 6 0.208 0.051 4.111 1.232

ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 1.229 0.052 23.441 3.417

EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.304 0.062 4.888 1.355

FACIAL WEAKNESS 0.279 0.032 8.8 1.321

HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.246 0.067 3.637 1.278

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.411 0.066 6.245 1.509

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.353 0.039 9.114 1.423

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.356 0.041 8.751 1.428

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.153 0.044 3.499 1.166

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.214 0.022 9.887 1.239

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.809 0.067 12.014 2.247

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.194 0.02 9.851 1.214

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.611 0.051 12.031 1.842

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.133 0.064 2.074 1.142

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.463 0.058 8.008 1.589

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.284 0.048 5.901 1.328

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.684 0.032 21.21 1.982

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Carotid Procedures (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.842 0.106 7.904 2.32

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.165 0.089 13.123 3.206

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.28 0.04 6.967 1.323

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.146 0.153 7.509 3.146

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.238 0.038 6.259 1.269

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.325 0.067 4.865 1.383

HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.25 0.048 5.169 1.284

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.417 0.048 8.595 1.517

INFARCTION OF A CEREBRAL ARTERY - INCLUSIVE 0.463 0.047 9.85 1.589

INSERTION OF TWO VASCULAR STENTS 0.504 0.114 4.438 1.656

INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.127 0.016 8.109 1.135

MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.267 0.08 3.333 1.306

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.142 0.045 3.178 1.153

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.245 0.028 8.782 1.277

OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.407 0.096 4.22 1.502

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.238 0.065 3.652 1.268

OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.243 0.071 3.417 1.275

PERCUTANEOUS ANGIOPLASTY OF EXTRACRANIAL VESSEL(S) 0.151 0.037 4.126 1.163

PERCUTANEOUS INSERTION OF CAROTID ARTERY STENT(S) 0.171 0.047 3.647 1.186

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.113 0.113 9.876 3.042

STRICTURE OF ARTERY 0.175 0.075 2.325 1.192

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.294 0.053 5.55 1.342

UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.384 0.069 5.572 1.468

UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.297 0.04 7.432 1.346

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Defibrillator Procedures

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.825 0.142 5.82 2.281

Age70To74 0.053 0.031 1.727 1.054

Age75To79 0.076 0.031 2.475 1.079

Age80To84 0.122 0.033 3.688 1.129

Age85To89 0.099 0.041 2.406 1.104

Age90AndOver 0.148 0.076 1.948 1.16

ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE 0.142 0.057 2.479 1.153

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY OF LEFT HEART STRUCTURES -0.151 0.036 -4.185 0.86

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.438 0.118 3.706 1.549

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.076 0.021 3.61 1.079

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.091 0.039 2.353 1.095

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.29 0.049 5.895 1.337

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.175 0.083 2.1 1.191

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.434 0.06 7.22 1.544

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.163 0.052 3.126 1.176

CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 2 0.068 29.337 7.39

CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 1.489 0.036 41.78 4.432

CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY USING A SINGLE CATHETER 0.156 0.03 5.137 1.169

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.245 0.049 5.024 1.278

hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.202 0.051 3.985 1.224

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.137 0.03 4.582 1.146

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.206 0.049 4.19 1.229

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.356 0.056 6.31 1.428

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.239 0.09 2.64 1.269

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.127 0.048 2.66 1.135

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.238 0.024 9.902 1.269

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.407 0.074 5.478 1.503

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.321 0.037 8.737 1.379

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.12 0.042 2.87 1.128

HEMODIALYSIS 0.482 0.056 8.619 1.619

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.156 0.043 3.592 1.169

IMPLANTATION OF RECHARGEABLE CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION [CCM], TOTAL SYSTEM 0.451 0.093 4.855 1.571

IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 0.991 0.12 8.238 2.693

INFECTION AND INFLAMMATORY REACTION DUE TO CARDIAC DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.647 0.221 2.919 1.909

INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF EPICARDIAL LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO EPICARDIUM 0.563 0.103 5.49 1.756

Non Coronary procedures 0.614 0.201 3.056 1.849

NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION 0.757 0.054 14.049 2.133

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.431 0.14 3.069 1.538

OTHER COMPLICATIONS DUE TO OTHER CARDIAC DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.188 0.084 2.246 1.207

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.335 0.104 3.221 1.398

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.592 0.142 4.168 1.808

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Defibrillator Procedures (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER/DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD(S) ONLY 0.418 0.038 10.864 1.518

REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER/DEFIBRILLATOR PULSE GENERATOR ONLY -0.11 0.05 -2.186 0.896

RIGHT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.357 0.06 5.931 1.43

SECONDARY THROMBOCYTOPENIA 0.478 0.164 2.92 1.614

SexFemale 0.148 0.023 6.523 1.159

SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.627 0.169 3.709 1.872

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.13 0.045 2.883 1.139

TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.965 0.05 19.172 2.625

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.478 0.094 5.08 1.613

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.227 0.06 3.799 1.254

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Gallbladder Removal Surgery

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

ACIDOSIS 0.331 0.024 13.782 1.393

ACUTE AND CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS 0.142 0.035 4.043 1.152

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.098 0.015 6.547 1.103

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.099 0.049 2.018 1.104

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.138 0.048 2.888 1.148

Age70To74 0.182 0.016 11.307 1.199

Age75To79 0.334 0.016 20.396 1.397

Age80To84 0.454 0.017 26.412 1.574

Age85To89 0.599 0.019 31.441 1.821

Age90AndOver 0.724 0.024 30.164 2.064

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.193 0.036 5.313 1.213

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.203 0.03 6.773 1.225

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.114 0.013 8.623 1.121

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.143 0.045 3.153 1.154

CALCULUS OF GALLBLADDER WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS, WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.191 0.028 6.855 1.21

CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.818 0.016 51.99 2.267

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.175 0.015 11.554 1.191

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.37 0.026 14.483 1.447

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.466 0.041 11.473 1.594

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.258 0.029 8.924 1.294

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.126 0.034 3.662 1.134

CLOSED SURGICAL PROCEDURE CONVERTED TO OPEN PROCEDURE 0.061 0.024 2.483 1.062

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.215 0.019 11.04 1.24

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.115 0.012 9.692 1.122

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.079 0.026 3.044 1.082

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.17 0.019 9.045 1.185

ENDOSCOPIC INSERTION OF STENT (TUBE) INTO BILE DUCT 0.622 0.02 31.471 1.863

ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY [ERCP] 0.143 0.033 4.343 1.153

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.264 0.073 3.628 1.302

EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.232 0.041 5.712 1.262

EXPLORATION OF COMMON BILE DUCT 0.295 0.034 8.624 1.343

HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.303 0.033 9.265 1.354

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.079 0.024 3.238 1.082

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.217 0.077 2.825 1.242

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.233 0.031 7.415 1.263

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.455 0.026 17.455 1.576

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.286 0.029 9.89 1.331

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.117 0.047 2.466 1.124

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.559 0.04 14.139 1.75

HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.047 0.016 2.847 1.048

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.62 0.021 28.876 1.86

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.313 0.017 18.133 1.367

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.148 0.024 6.245 1.159

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Gallbladder Removal Surgery (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.154 0.032 4.768 1.167

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.136 0.028 4.922 1.146

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.281 0.059 4.744 1.325

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.431 0.048 9.008 1.539

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.072 0.026 2.744 1.075

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.529 0.09 5.856 1.698

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.267 0.02 13.483 1.307

HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.072 0.015 4.79 1.075

HYDROPS OF GALLBLADDER 0.096 0.029 3.331 1.101

HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.414 0.051 8.115 1.512

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.11 0.038 2.919 1.116

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.119 0.02 6.069 1.126

INCISIONAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.16 0.057 2.808 1.173

LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.337 0.072 4.712 1.401

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.239 0.077 16.156 3.452

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.24 0.019 12.643 1.272

OTHER ASCITES 0.509 0.038 13.392 1.663

OTHER DISEASES OF LUNG, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.273 0.101 2.693 1.313

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.407 0.053 7.646 1.503

OTHER PARTIAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.91 0.07 13.066 2.485

OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.519 0.128 4.051 1.68

PERFORATION OF GALLBLADDER 0.424 0.033 12.799 1.529

PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.204 0.018 11.525 1.226

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.204 0.06 3.395 1.226

Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.317 0.122 2.608 1.373

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.043 0.067 15.562 2.838

SEPTIC SHOCK 0.539 0.036 14.987 1.715

SEVERE SEPSIS 0.206 0.03 6.807 1.229

SexFemale -0.21 0.011 -18.585 0.81

TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.246 0.051 4.8 1.279

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.627 0.037 16.8 1.871

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Hip Fracture Treatment

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.126 0.028 4.5 1.134

ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.131 0.025 5.285 1.14

ACIDOSIS 0.441 0.025 17.985 1.555

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.225 0.039 5.713 1.252

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.12 0.013 9.471 1.127

Age70To74 0.127 0.018 7.146 1.136

Age75To79 0.263 0.017 15.765 1.301

Age80To84 0.36 0.016 22.288 1.433

Age85To89 0.456 0.016 28.5 1.578

Age90AndOver 0.595 0.016 36.92 1.814

ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.108 0.008 13.027 1.114

ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE 0.056 0.017 3.246 1.058

ANXIETY STATE, UNSPECIFIED 0.037 0.011 3.405 1.037

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.182 0.014 13.06 1.2

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.102 0.008 13.101 1.108

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.099 0.029 3.452 1.104

CACHEXIA 0.086 0.027 3.165 1.09

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.106 0.009 11.381 1.112

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.319 0.02 16.094 1.376

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.207 0.033 6.321 1.23

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.425 0.025 16.877 1.529

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.286 0.021 13.291 1.33

CLOSED FRACTURE OF BASE OF NECK OF FEMUR -0.067 0.028 -2.375 0.935

CLOSED FRACTURE OF INTERTROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR 0.113 0.014 7.799 1.119

CLOSED FRACTURE OF MIDCERVICAL SECTION OF FEMUR -0.081 0.025 -3.31 0.922

CLOSED FRACTURE OF OTHER TRANSCERVICAL SECTION OF FEMUR -0.08 0.018 -4.46 0.923

CLOSED FRACTURE OF SUBTROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR 0.271 0.017 16.154 1.311

CLOSED FRACTURE OF SURGICAL NECK OF HUMERUS 0.256 0.044 5.777 1.292

CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED INTRACAPSULAR SECTION OF NECK OF FEMUR -0.128 0.017 -7.557 0.88

CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED PART OF NECK OF FEMUR -0.129 0.016 -8.16 0.879

CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED TROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR -0.39 0.024 -16.329 0.677

CLOSED REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITH INTERNAL FIXATION 0.151 0.012 12.503 1.163

CLOSED REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITHOUT INTERNAL FIXATION 0.241 0.031 7.831 1.272

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.175 0.011 16.006 1.191

CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 3.636 0.046 79.162 37.942

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.248 0.032 7.809 1.281

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.041 0.012 3.413 1.041

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.319 0.017 19.267 1.376

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.069 0.009 7.239 1.071

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.12 0.019 6.453 1.127

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Hip Fracture Treatment (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.097 0.014 6.96 1.101

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.024 0.009 2.63 1.025

DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.226 0.023 9.865 1.254

DYSTHYMIC DISORDER 0.155 0.052 2.96 1.168

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.161 0.045 3.555 1.175

FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK 0.154 0.027 5.622 1.166

HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.112 0.034 3.278 1.118

HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.317 0.018 17.216 1.373

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.141 0.02 7.127 1.151

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.166 0.046 3.607 1.181

HD108_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN W/O CHG OR FAIL 0.131 0.055 2.374 1.14

hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.279 0.026 10.653 1.322

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.249 0.02 12.747 1.283

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.468 0.013 35.481 1.596

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.234 0.018 13.318 1.264

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.191 0.024 8.068 1.21

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.675 0.024 28.48 1.964

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.237 0.013 18.193 1.267

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.502 0.048 10.55 1.652

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.105 0.014 7.775 1.111

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.081 0.022 3.661 1.085

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.101 0.023 4.446 1.107

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.157 0.013 12.209 1.17

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.438 0.018 24.689 1.55

HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.059 0.024 2.418 1.06

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.473 0.041 11.631 1.605

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.592 0.029 20.268 1.808

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.399 0.058 6.915 1.491

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.388 0.026 14.801 1.474

HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.192 0.017 11.384 1.212

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.125 0.019 6.705 1.133

INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.147 0.008 19.465 1.158

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.139 0.043 3.242 1.149

MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.201 0.03 6.776 1.222

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.052 0.018 2.876 1.054

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.194 0.018 10.917 1.215

OPEN REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITH INTERNAL FIXATION 0.119 0.011 10.422 1.126

OTHER ASCITES 0.543 0.067 8.1 1.721

OTHER DISEASES OF LUNG, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.209 0.063 3.333 1.233

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.327 0.03 11.009 1.387

OTHER LATE EFFECTS OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 0.171 0.034 5.02 1.187

OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.139 0.023 6.046 1.149

PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.526 0.083 6.352 1.692

PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.101 0.038 2.684 1.106

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Hip Fracture Treatment (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

PARTIAL HIP REPLACEMENT 0.462 0.012 38.006 1.587

PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.206 0.038 5.466 1.229

PERCUTANEOUS (ENDOSCOPIC) GASTROSTOMY (PEG) 1.696 0.053 31.757 5.45

PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.053 0.008 6.524 1.055

PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.179 0.047 3.848 1.197

POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.252 0.031 8.233 1.286

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.705 0.058 29.459 5.501

RHABDOMYOLYSIS 0.08 0.03 2.613 1.083

RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.062 0.024 2.617 1.064

SexFemale -0.292 0.007 -39.905 0.747

SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 1.588 0.02 80.527 4.892

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.075 0.014 5.247 1.077

TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.131 0.013 10.223 1.14

TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT 0.397 0.019 20.796 1.487

TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.439 0.008 56.343 1.55

TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.151 0.026 5.922 1.163

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.558 0.032 17.56 1.747

VASCULAR DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.174 0.031 5.557 1.19

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Hip Replacement

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.659 0.101 6.514 1.933

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.649 0.179 3.63 1.913

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.467 0.135 3.465 1.595

Age70To74 0.183 0.018 9.985 1.201

Age75To79 0.376 0.019 19.786 1.457

Age80To84 0.585 0.021 28.356 1.795

Age85To89 0.801 0.025 32.39 2.228

Age90AndOver 1.09 0.039 27.929 2.973

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.084 0.03 2.813 1.087

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.358 0.037 9.734 1.43

ASEPTIC NECROSIS OF HEAD AND NECK OF FEMUR - 0.307 0.029 10.721 1.359

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.174 0.019 9.275 1.19

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.16 0.073 2.189 1.173

BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.316 0.113 2.803 1.372

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.329 0.02 16.205 1.389

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.311 0.035 8.964 1.364

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.318 0.04 8.038 1.374

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.311 0.031 9.89 1.364

DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.727 0.075 9.741 2.07

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.212 0.039 5.462 1.236

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.364 0.032 11.397 1.439

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.22 0.017 13.124 1.246

HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.228 0.015 14.707 1.256

HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.547 0.073 7.521 1.728

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.742 0.033 22.467 2.101

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 1.134 0.104 10.91 3.109

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.407 0.055 7.455 1.503

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.681 0.04 17.011 1.976

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.396 0.042 9.476 1.486

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.134 0.055 2.438 1.144

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.008 0.082 12.352 2.739

HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.199 0.021 9.295 1.22

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.18 0.033 5.419 1.197

HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.38 0.067 5.681 1.462

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 1.114 0.062 17.898 3.048

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.321 0.038 8.508 1.379

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.487 0.056 8.639 1.628

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.515 0.04 12.735 1.674

HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.398 0.1 3.971 1.489

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.523 0.023 22.638 1.687

HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.098 0.017 5.682 1.103

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.586 0.06 9.739 1.797

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Hip Replacement (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.336 0.053 6.334 1.4

INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.272 0.016 17.221 1.312

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.126 0.041 3.054 1.134

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.213 0.02 10.887 1.237

OSTEOARTHROSIS, UNSPECIFIED WHETHER GENERALIZED OR LOCALIZED, PELVIC REGION AND THIGH - 715.95 0.229 0.03 7.617 1.257

OSTEOARTHROSIS, UNSPECIFIED WHETHER GENERALIZED OR LOCALIZED, UNSPECIFIED SITE - 715.90 0.162 0.047 3.437 1.175

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.368 0.071 5.203 1.445

OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.219 0.061 3.565 1.244

PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.111 0.014 7.763 1.118

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.183 0.083 14.313 3.264

RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.133 0.058 2.291 1.142

SexFemale -0.078 0.014 -5.461 0.925

SLHP107_CVG BI-LATERAL HIP REPLACEMENT 0.295 0.105 2.814 1.343

SLP8151_CVG TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT -0.047 0.018 -2.616 0.954

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.474 0.045 10.631 1.606

TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.231 0.028 8.407 1.26

TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.372 0.078 4.755 1.451

UNSPECIFIED INTRAPELVIC PROTRUSION OF ACETABULUM, PELVIC REGION AND THIGH 0.458 0.084 5.471 1.581

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Pacemaker Procedures

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.121 0.053 2.285 1.129

ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.103 0.05 2.048 1.108

ACIDOSIS 0.119 0.032 3.722 1.126

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.534 0.063 8.544 1.706

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.125 0.04 3.116 1.134

AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.105 0.049 2.15 1.111

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.151 0.05 3.018 1.163

ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.341 0.069 4.969 1.406

Age70To74 0.057 0.027 2.114 1.058

Age75To79 0.16 0.025 6.272 1.173

Age80To84 0.218 0.025 8.717 1.243

Age85To89 0.303 0.025 11.979 1.355

Age90AndOver 0.387 0.027 14.352 1.473

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.169 0.038 4.402 1.184

ANEMIA IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE 0.089 0.035 2.589 1.094

ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE 0.12 0.035 3.454 1.128

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.075 0.02 3.812 1.078

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.219 0.089 2.456 1.245

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION 0.328 0.137 2.404 1.389

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.244 0.081 2.996 1.276

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.031 0.013 2.327 1.032

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.158 0.022 7.257 1.171

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.062 0.017 3.585 1.064

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.382 0.018 21.305 1.466

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.304 0.048 6.318 1.356

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.475 0.03 15.681 1.608

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.296 0.022 13.498 1.345

CHRONIC LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA, WITHOUT MENTION OF HAVING ACHIEVED REMISSION 0.204 0.093 2.204 1.226

CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.2 0.057 3.476 1.221

COMBINED RIGHT AND LEFT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.571 0.052 10.918 1.77

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.071 0.017 4.188 1.074

CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 2.712 0.073 36.974 15.067

CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 1.999 0.032 62.52 7.38

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.127 0.02 6.215 1.135

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.329 0.045 7.359 1.389

HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.219 0.026 8.475 1.244

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.209 0.025 8.3 1.232

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.201 0.019 10.443 1.222

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.163 0.021 7.58 1.177

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.422 0.034 12.373 1.525

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.507 0.033 15.548 1.661

HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.377 0.048 7.831 1.458

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Pacemaker Procedures (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.083 0.023 3.532 1.086

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.168 0.036 4.617 1.183

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.108 0.026 4.143 1.114

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.148 0.028 5.352 1.159

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.352 0.028 12.571 1.422

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.358 0.021 16.761 1.43

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.407 0.035 11.534 1.502

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.062 0.027 2.324 1.064

IMPLANTATION OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION PACEMAKER WITHOUT MENTION OF DEFIBRILLATION, TOTAL SYSTEM [CRT-P] 1.24 0.05 24.86 3.457

IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION PACEMAKER PULSE GENERATOR ONLY [CRT-P] 0.868 0.051 16.867 2.383

IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO LEFT VENTRICULAR CORONARY VENOUS SYSTEM 0.222 0.074 3.019 1.249

INITIAL INSERTION OF DUAL-CHAMBER DEVICE 0.795 0.047 16.922 2.214

INITIAL INSERTION OF LEAD [ELECTRODE], NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 0.431 0.062 6.981 1.539

INITIAL INSERTION OF SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, NOT SPECIFIED AS RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.745 0.051 14.499 2.106

INITIAL INSERTION OF SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.743 0.063 11.861 2.102

INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO ATRIUM 0.531 0.075 7.072 1.7

INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO VENTRICLE 0.54 0.042 12.919 1.717

INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODES] INTO ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE 0.49 0.038 12.918 1.632

INSERTION OF PERMANENT PACEMAKER, INITIAL OR REPLACEMENT, TYPE OF DEVICE NOT SPECIFIED 0.768 0.133 5.779 2.155

INSERTION OF TEMPORARY TRANSVENOUS PACEMAKER SYSTEM 0.432 0.02 21.34 1.54

INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF EPICARDIAL LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO EPICARDIUM 1.388 0.07 19.924 4.007

INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.031 0.013 2.313 1.031

LEFT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.427 0.024 17.612 1.533

MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, UNSPECIFIED 0.268 0.087 3.084 1.307

Non Coronary procedures 0.959 0.132 7.252 2.609

NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION 1.153 0.036 31.832 3.166

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.654 0.079 8.306 1.924

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.266 0.064 4.175 1.305

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.461 0.092 5.024 1.586

PULMONARY COLLAPSE 0.119 0.048 2.483 1.127

REMOVAL OF LEAD(S) [ELECTRODE] WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 1.297 0.049 26.218 3.658

REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF PACEMAKER DEVICE WITH DUAL-CHAMBER DEVICE 0.689 0.045 15.188 1.992

REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF PACEMAKER DEVICE WITH SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, NOT SPECIFIED AS RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.827 0.078 10.551 2.287

REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF PACEMAKER DEVICE WITH SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.847 0.158 5.36 2.332

REPLACEMENT OF TRANSVENOUS ATRIAL AND/OR VENTRICULAR LEAD(S) [ELECTRODE(S)] 1.101 0.035 31.816 3.008

REVISION OF LEAD [ELECTRODE] 2.535 0.029 87.833 12.616

REVISION OR REMOVAL OF PACEMAKER DEVICE 0.46 0.046 10.098 1.584

RIGHT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.761 0.07 10.826 2.141

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Pacemaker Procedures (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM (OF RENAL ORIGIN) 0.114 0.058 1.974 1.121

SexFemale 0.172 0.013 13.53 1.188

SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.348 0.127 2.75 1.416

TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.929 0.031 29.627 2.531

TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS NONRHEUMATIC 0.166 0.058 2.887 1.181

UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.157 0.059 2.673 1.17

UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.436 0.037 11.887 1.546

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Peripheral Vascular Bypass

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS, ANKLE AND FOOT 0.441 0.088 4.997 1.554

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.503 0.061 8.246 1.654

Age70To74 0.081 0.036 2.262 1.084

Age75To79 0.242 0.037 6.58 1.274

Age80To84 0.392 0.04 9.799 1.48

Age85To89 0.427 0.048 8.851 1.533

Age90AndOver 0.576 0.066 8.749 1.779

ANGIOPLASTY OF OTHER NON-CORONARY VESSEL(S) 0.438 0.036 12.123 1.55

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.395 0.06 6.595 1.485

ARTERIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.374 0.041 9.077 1.454

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.462 0.034 13.604 1.588

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH REST PAIN 0.212 0.033 6.435 1.236

ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH ULCERATION 0.214 0.034 6.398 1.239

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.171 0.031 5.541 1.186

CELLULITIS AND ABSCESS OF LEG AND FOOT, EXCEPT TOES 0.218 0.042 5.181 1.244

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.067 0.028 2.392 1.069

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.557 0.054 10.273 1.746

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.777 0.081 9.604 2.175

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.343 0.061 5.578 1.409

CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS, ANKLE AND FOOT 0.342 0.116 2.959 1.408

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.111 0.039 2.852 1.118

DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.266 0.073 3.628 1.305

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.177 0.03 5.965 1.194

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.378 0.056 6.8 1.459

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.143 0.052 2.772 1.154

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.385 0.049 7.843 1.47

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.312 0.062 5.066 1.367

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.349 0.058 6.042 1.418

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.912 0.108 8.454 2.489

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.724 0.055 13.146 2.063

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.211 0.098 2.147 1.234

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.703 0.146 4.821 2.019

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.907 0.159 5.698 2.476

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.284 0.059 4.832 1.329

HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.104 0.223 4.947 3.015

HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.275 0.097 2.823 1.317

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.295 0.066 4.47 1.343

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.235 0.073 3.235 1.265

INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.252 0.025 10.028 1.287

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.216 0.074 2.924 1.241

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.057 0.295 3.581 2.877

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.153 0.051 3.025 1.165

OTHER ARTERIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF ABDOMINAL AORTA 0.638 0.114 5.587 1.893

OTHER SPECIFIED CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS 0.195 0.063 3.109 1.216

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Peripheral Vascular Bypass (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.368 0.167 8.171 3.926

PROCEDURE ON SINGLE VESSEL - FP SPECIFIC 0.089 0.042 2.135 1.093

PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE 0.143 0.064 2.233 1.154

SexFemale 0.122 0.025 4.826 1.13

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.372 0.076 4.868 1.451

UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS, ANKLE AND FOOT 0.173 0.071 2.454 1.189

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Prostate Removal Surgery

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

Age70To74 0.132 0.032 4.108 1.142

Age75To79 0.408 0.042 9.666 1.504

Age80To84 0.629 0.065 9.653 1.876

Age85To89 0.925 0.097 9.508 2.521

Age90AndOver 0.874 0.191 4.563 2.396

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.399 0.077 5.193 1.49

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.417 0.201 2.079 1.518

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.354 0.056 6.373 1.425

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.31 0.081 3.805 1.363

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.383 0.162 2.367 1.467

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.352 0.1 3.513 1.422

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.216 0.038 5.696 1.241

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.234 0.105 2.229 1.264

GROSS HEMATURIA 0.305 0.084 3.628 1.357

HD101_CVG DISORDERS OF LIPOID METABOLISM - INCLUSIVE 0.063 0.029 2.148 1.065

HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.189 0.031 6.059 1.208

HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.774 0.192 4.026 2.169

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.794 0.065 12.184 2.213

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.802 0.142 5.632 2.231

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.319 0.125 2.557 1.376

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.372 0.215 6.372 3.944

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 1.799 0.135 13.295 6.041

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 1.142 0.148 7.731 3.133

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.592 0.184 3.216 1.807

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.883 0.157 5.625 2.419

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.406 0.08 5.09 1.501

HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.198 0.045 4.371 1.218

HYDRONEPHROSIS 0.374 0.094 3.966 1.453

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.508 0.135 3.765 1.662

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.625 0.136 4.595 1.868

LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.582 0.031 -18.544 0.559

Malignant neoplasm of bladder, part unspecified 1.135 0.072 15.818 3.11

Malignant neoplasm of other specified sites of bladder 1.419 0.141 10.064 4.135

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.451 0.126 3.589 1.57

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.301 0.049 6.208 1.352

OPEN ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.374 0.082 -4.539 0.688

OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.51 0.161 -3.177 0.6

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.426 0.17 2.512 1.531

Other specified disorder of male genital organs 0.898 0.281 3.19 2.454

PERINEAL PROSTATECTOMY -0.86 0.196 -4.377 0.423

PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.565 0.054 10.473 1.76

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.035 0.164 6.296 2.814

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.984 0.116 8.48 2.675

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.38 0.091 4.158 1.462

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Spinal Fusion

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.397 0.05 7.957 1.487

AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.362 0.126 2.861 1.436

Age70To74 0.153 0.017 9.218 1.165

Age75To79 0.29 0.018 16.079 1.337

Age80To84 0.428 0.023 18.864 1.535

Age85To89 0.537 0.035 15.367 1.711

Age90AndOver 0.719 0.079 9.096 2.052

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.507 0.091 5.543 1.661

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.242 0.029 8.493 1.274

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.41 0.044 9.337 1.507

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.175 0.022 7.95 1.191

ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.327 0.084 3.882 1.387

CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME WITHOUT MENTION OF NEUROGENIC BLADDER 0.245 0.061 3.988 1.277

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS WITH MYELOPATHY 0.138 0.024 5.799 1.148

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.211 0.02 10.319 1.235

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.299 0.038 7.925 1.349

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.201 0.042 4.743 1.223

CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.338 0.11 3.083 1.402

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.273 0.035 7.906 1.314

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.175 0.016 11.004 1.191

DEGENERATION OF LUMBAR OR LUMBOSACRAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC 0.097 0.019 5.198 1.102

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.139 0.018 7.801 1.149

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.246 0.029 8.435 1.279

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.358 0.028 12.908 1.431

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.061 0.016 3.769 1.063

DORSAL AND DORSOLUMBAR FUSION OF THE ANTERIOR COLUMN, ANTERIOR TECHNIQUE 1.012 0.089 11.373 2.752

DORSAL AND DORSOLUMBAR FUSION OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMN, POSTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.553 0.029 19.308 1.738

EXCISION OF BONE FOR GRAFT, UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.2 0.015 13.315 1.221

Fusion Lumber 2-7 Joints 0.399 0.018 22.709 1.49

Fusion Thoracic 2+ Joints 0.422 0.041 10.318 1.525

HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.153 0.016 9.694 1.165

HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.653 0.072 9.101 1.922

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.548 0.036 15.386 1.73

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.644 0.084 7.665 1.903

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.731 0.047 15.554 2.077

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.398 0.049 8.1 1.489

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.367 0.053 6.99 1.444

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.039 0.075 13.779 2.827

HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.2 0.021 9.445 1.221

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 1.059 0.054 19.565 2.882

HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS 0.298 0.065 4.561 1.347

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.124 0.03 4.093 1.132

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Spinal Fusion (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.553 0.083 6.663 1.739

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.745 0.06 12.462 2.106

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.288 0.042 6.842 1.334

HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.735 0.047 15.581 2.085

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.38 0.067 5.701 1.463

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.451 0.045 10.097 1.569

HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.354 0.119 2.963 1.424

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.405 0.024 16.758 1.499

HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.125 0.018 7.047 1.133

HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.445 0.041 10.738 1.561

INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISORDER WITH MYELOPATHY, LUMBAR REGION 0.218 0.061 3.568 1.243

KYPHOSIS (ACQUIRED) (POSTURAL) 0.247 0.041 6.062 1.28

LUMBAR AND LUMBOSACRAL FUSION OF THE ANTERIOR COLUMN, ANTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.411 0.022 18.688 1.508

LUMBAR AND LUMBOSACRAL FUSION OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMN, POSTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.202 0.015 13.589 1.223

LUMBAR AND LUMBOSACRAL FUSION OR RE-FUSION OF THE ANTERIOR COLUMN, POSTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.144 0.017 8.695 1.155

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.144 0.047 3.055 1.155

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.85 0.104 17.877 6.362

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.274 0.019 14.738 1.315

OSTEOPOROSIS, UNSPECIFIED 0.096 0.026 3.773 1.101

OTHER ABNORMAL GLUCOSE 0.101 0.051 1.986 1.106

OTHER CERVICAL FUSION OF THE ANTERIOR COLUMN, ANTERIOR TECHNIQUE -0.179 0.025 -7.128 0.836

OTHER CERVICAL FUSION OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMN, POSTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.413 0.029 14.162 1.512

OTHER CHRONIC NONALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE 0.204 0.075 2.71 1.226

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.337 0.069 4.865 1.4

OTHER EXPLORATION AND DECOMPRESSION OF SPINAL CANAL 0.238 0.02 12.055 1.269

OTHER KYPHOSCOLIOSIS AND SCOLIOSIS 0.186 0.023 8.046 1.204

OTHER SPECIFIED CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS 0.151 0.062 2.439 1.163

OTHER SPECIFIED RETENTION OF URINE 0.303 0.066 4.606 1.354

PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.22 0.05 4.421 1.246

PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.267 0.094 2.835 1.306

PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.155 0.044 3.483 1.167

PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.09 0.015 6.068 1.094

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.87 0.096 9.05 2.388

QUADRIPLEGIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.729 0.07 10.44 2.074

REPAIR OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURE 0.347 0.064 5.444 1.415

RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.381 0.059 6.416 1.463

SCOLIOSIS [AND KYPHOSCOLIOSIS], IDIOPATHIC 0.317 0.033 9.747 1.373

SexFemale -0.213 0.015 -14.468 0.808

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.39 0.046 8.458 1.477

TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.19 0.025 7.692 1.21

TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 1.082 0.021 50.532 2.952

TRANSFUSION OF PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD 0.14 0.041 3.435 1.15

UNSPECIFIED URINARY INCONTINENCE 0.142 0.046 3.092 1.153

URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.429 0.04 10.709 1.536

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Total Knee Replacement

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.592 0.09 6.608 1.808

Age70To74 0.121 0.012 9.812 1.128

Age75To79 0.335 0.013 25.953 1.398

Age80To84 0.534 0.015 36.003 1.706

Age85To89 0.704 0.02 35.282 2.021

Age90AndOver 0.982 0.04 24.851 2.67

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.536 0.062 8.632 1.71

ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.044 0.022 2.025 1.045

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.33 0.028 11.782 1.392

AORTOCORONARY BYPASS STATUS 0.049 0.021 2.297 1.05

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.21 0.013 15.535 1.233

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.253 0.016 16.135 1.287

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.352 0.025 14.193 1.422

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.41 0.028 14.675 1.506

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.371 0.023 16.365 1.449

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.234 0.013 18.138 1.263

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.225 0.024 9.292 1.253

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.355 0.02 17.464 1.426

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.189 0.011 16.998 1.208

DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.214 0.031 6.993 1.238

EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.223 0.047 4.719 1.249

FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK 0.24 0.055 4.393 1.272

HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.196 0.011 17.164 1.217

HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.513 0.05 10.303 1.671

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.689 0.024 28.928 1.991

HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.816 0.088 9.317 2.261

HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.893 0.028 32.422 2.443

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.239 0.033 7.354 1.271

HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.278 0.041 6.699 1.32

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.911 0.06 15.165 2.486

HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.214 0.015 13.86 1.239

HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.171 0.026 6.591 1.187

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 1.317 0.048 27.638 3.733

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.39 0.027 14.442 1.477

HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.396 0.046 8.686 1.486

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.46 0.03 15.274 1.585

HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.426 0.082 5.165 1.53

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.393 0.014 28.104 1.481

HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.073 0.011 6.597 1.076

HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.083 0.04 2.068 1.086

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.654 0.042 15.427 1.924

HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.299 0.038 7.816 1.348

INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.236 0.012 19.224 1.266

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Total Knee Replacement (continued)

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF STEROIDS 0.107 0.033 3.202 1.113

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.185 0.03 6.19 1.203

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.959 0.059 33.478 7.092

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.267 0.013 21.203 1.306

OSTEOARTHROSIS, UNSPECIFIED WHETHER GENERALIZED OR LOCALIZED, UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.212 0.061 3.461 1.236

OSTEOPOROSIS, UNSPECIFIED 0.044 0.019 2.287 1.045

OTHER ACQUIRED DEFORMITIES OF KNEE 0.216 0.053 4.106 1.241

OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.553 0.055 10.015 1.739

OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.258 0.046 5.67 1.295

PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.321 0.043 7.451 1.379

PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.142 0.01 13.712 1.152

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.187 0.055 21.466 3.276

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE 0.066 0.024 2.737 1.068

RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.224 0.042 5.364 1.252

SexFemale -0.075 0.011 -7.11 0.928

SLHP106_CVG BI-LATERAL KNEE REPLACEMENT 1.135 0.078 14.564 3.112

SLP8154_CVG TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT 0.424 0.075 5.654 1.529

TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.38 0.08 4.744 1.462

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.362 0.034 10.567 1.437

TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.285 0.022 12.898 1.33

UNSPECIFIED GLAUCOMA 0.055 0.025 2.194 1.056

UNSPECIFIED IDIOPATHIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY 0.256 0.041 6.225 1.292

UNSPECIFIED URINARY INCONTINENCE 0.091 0.038 2.404 1.096

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Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery

Factor List Coefficient Standard

Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio

AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.285 0.084 3.387 1.329

Age70To74 0.215 0.052 4.132 1.24

Age75To79 0.288 0.051 5.63 1.333

Age80To84 0.42 0.051 8.149 1.521

Age85To89 0.485 0.054 9.012 1.625

Age90AndOver 0.613 0.063 9.752 1.846

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.355 0.085 4.185 1.426

AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.238 0.079 3.013 1.268

CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.129 0.043 3.034 1.138

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.322 0.061 5.326 1.38

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.476 0.084 5.663 1.61

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.258 0.065 3.969 1.294

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.148 0.051 2.894 1.159

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.203 0.032 6.325 1.226

Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.184 0.074 2.503 1.202

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.658 0.114 5.772 1.932

HD101_CVG DISORDERS OF LIPOID METABOLISM - INCLUSIVE 0.073 0.03 2.477 1.076

HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.177 0.057 3.126 1.193

HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.566 0.075 7.561 1.761

HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.579 0.067 8.58 1.784

HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.598 0.097 6.149 1.818

HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.535 0.068 7.93 1.708

HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.283 0.061 4.669 1.327

HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.241 0.061 3.964 1.272

HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.69 0.136 5.076 1.993

HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.689 0.122 5.668 1.993

HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.368 0.077 4.761 1.444

HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.342 0.081 4.219 1.408

HYDRONEPHROSIS 0.239 0.046 5.248 1.271

HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.166 0.066 2.505 1.181

HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.242 0.058 4.198 1.274

MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.373 0.092 4.069 1.452

OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.633 0.281 2.254 1.884

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.235 0.055 4.3 1.265

PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 1.019 0.341 2.987 2.77

PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.724 0.147 4.919 2.063

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.359 0.07 5.124 1.432

URINARY OBSTRUCTION, UNSPECIFIED OR NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.151 0.054 2.807 1.163

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Appendix D. Model Fit Statistics In-hospital In-hospital + 30 days

Cohort c-stat Lower CI Upper CI c-stat Lower CI Upper CI

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair 0.747 0.741 0.753 Not evaluated at 30 days

Appendectomy 0.788 0.784 0.791 Not evaluated at 30 days

Back and Neck Surgery (without Spinal Fusion) 0.710 0.704 0.715 Not evaluated at 30 days

Bariatric Surgery 0.691 0.685 0.698 Not evaluated at 30 days

Bowel Obstruction 0.891 0.888 0.894 0.848 0.845 0.851

Carotid Procedures 0.721 0.717 0.725 Not evaluated at 30 days

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 0.865 0.861 0.868 0.771 0.768 0.773

Colorectal Surgeries 0.911 0.909 0.914 0.890 0.887 0.892

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery 0.807 0.801 0.814 0.777 0.771 0.784

Coronary Interventional Procedures (Inpatient) 0.887 0.884 0.890 0.846 0.844 0.849

Cranial Neurosurgery 0.940 0.938 0.943 0.888 0.885 0.892

Defibrillator Procedures 0.699 0.694 0.704 Not evaluated at 30 days

Diabetic Emergencies 0.868 0.861 0.876 0.802 0.797 0.807

Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries 0.840 0.836 0.844 0.812 0.809 0.814

Gallbladder Removal Surgery 0.707 0.705 0.710 Not evaluated at 30 days

Gastrointestinal Bleed 0.883 0.880 0.886 0.814 0.811 0.816

Heart Attack (stent available) 0.893 0.892 0.895 0.857 0.856 0.859

Heart Attack (stent not available) 0.847 0.841 0.853 0.797 0.792 0.802

Heart Failure 0.889 0.887 0.890 0.785 0.783 0.786

Hip Fracture Treatment 0.704 0.703 0.706 Not evaluated at 30 days

Hip Replacement 0.701 0.698 0.704 Not evaluated at 30 days

Pacemaker Procedures 0.738 0.735 0.741 Not evaluated at 30 days

Pancreatitis 0.881 0.874 0.889 0.834 0.828 0.841

Peripheral Vascular Bypass 0.706 0.700 0.712 Not evaluated at 30 days

Pneumonia 0.850 0.848 0.852 0.793 0.791 0.794

Prostate Removal Surgery 0.704 0.696 0.711 Not evaluated at 30 days

Pulmonary Embolism 0.893 0.888 0.897 0.845 0.841 0.849

Respiratory Failure 0.899 0.897 0.900 0.843 0.842 0.845

Sepsis 0.896 0.895 0.896 0.863 0.863 0.864

Small Intestine Surgeries 0.876 0.872 0.880 0.875 0.872 0.879

Spinal Fusion 0.736 0.733 0.739 Not evaluated at 30 days

Stroke 0.933 0.932 0.935 0.877 0.876 0.879

Total Knee Replacement 0.696 0.694 0.699 Not evaluated at 30 days

Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery 0.664 0.657 0.672 Not evaluated at 30 days

Valve Surgery 0.792 0.786 0.798 0.759 0.754 0.764

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Appendix E. Hospital Ratings Removal Policy Effective Date: August 16, 2015

Healthgrades evaluates the performance of the nation’s nearly 5,000 hospitals using several data sources including data submitted by hospitals to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), all-payer data submitted by hospitals to their states, and HCAHPS data.

Regardless of the data set utilized, Healthgrades methodology is applied to every hospital in the same manner.

On rare occasions, Healthgrades identifies new information that impacts its assessment of a hospital. Healthgrades policy is to remove certain hospitals’ performance and/or awards from its website in the following situations:

• A revocation of a hospital’s Medicare license by CMS;

• Federal conviction of a hospital for Medicare fraud;

• Egregious issues with the integrity of data submitted by a hospital to CMS or to the state in which the hospital resides.

In these rare circumstances, the hospital’s CEO will be notified in writing of the reason for removal. Removal is at the discretion of Healthgrades based on the impact from erroneous data and/or presumed fraudulent activities.

Under no circumstances will Healthgrades accept data directly from a hospital, nor will Healthgrades manipulate or change a hospital’s performance category or data in any way. It is the hospital’s responsibility to resubmit the data to CMS or to its state. To re-post specific performance information, Healthgrades must receive corrected data directly from CMS or from the state during its annual ratings update.

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Appendix F. All-Payer States Citations and Disclaimers We respectfully list the following citations and disclaimers as requested from the following states that provide inpatient data.

Nevada: This information is from the records of the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (DHCFP) and was released through the Center of Health Information Analysis (CHIA) of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Authorization to release this information does not imply endorsement of this study or its findings by either DHCFP or CHIA.

Rhode Island: Rhode Island Hospital Discharge Data, Center for Health Data & Analysis, Rhode Island Department of Health

Virginia: Virginia Health Information (VHI) has provided non-confidential patient level information used in this file, report, publication, or database which it has compiled in accordance with Virginia law but which it has no authority to independently verify. By using this file, report, publication, or database, the user agrees to assume all risks that may be associated with or arise from the use of inaccurate data. VHI cannot and does not represent that the use of VHI’s data was appropriate for this file, report, publication, or database or endorse or support any conclusions of inferences that may be drawn from the use of VHI’s data.

Washington: Washington State Data is being made available from: Washington State Department of Health