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Patients undergoing esophagectomy at Ochsner have a Risk Adjusted Mortality Index of less than 1.0, indicating they have at least a 29 percent lower chance of dying than would be expected based on patient-speciic characteristics.
ESOPHAGECTOMY: MORTALITY
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER, 2012–2014
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
INCREASED MORTALITY
EXPECTED MORTALITY
DECREASED MORTALITY
0.00 0.00
2012 2013
Risk Adjusted Mortality Index
2014
0.71
RAMI, the Risk Adjusted Mortality Index, compares the observed mortality rate against the expected mortality rate, risk-adjusted for patient-speciic characteristics. An index of 1.0 indicates an observed mortality rate exactly equal to the expected mortality rate (green dashed line). An index less than 1.0 indicates a mortality rate lower than expected, and an index greater than 1.0 indicates a mortality rate greater than expected.
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DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY