Symbol Legend
	Significantly higher than the expected rate.
	Not significantly different than the expected rate.
	Significantly lower than the expected rate.
	Not Reported. Had fewer than five cases evaluated.
	Not Available. Not reported due to missing/incomplete data.
UPMC St Margaret
Outlier Cases Readmission % - Ratings Short LOS Long LOS Year Condition Cases Mortality Rating Length of Stay (LOS) % Rating % Rating For Any Reason For Complication or Infection Avg. Charge 2008 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Endovascular 14 2.6     $90,544 2007 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Endovascular 12 2.9     $81,262 2007 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 5 7.5     $66,317 2004 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 5 6.3     $37,394 2008 Abnormal Heartbeat 355 3.2 4.2 3.7 $25,454 2008 Blood Clot in Extremities 119 4.8 2.5 4.2 $15,196 2007 Blood Clot in Extremities 79 4.8 5.1 7.7 $14,768 2006 Blood Clot in Extremities 83 4.7 2.4 7.3 $13,685 2005 Blood Clot in Extremities 68 4.0 6.0 0.0 $12,214 2004 Blood Clot in Extremities 73 4.2 6.8 0.0 $10,773 2003 Blood Clot in Extremities 70 4.7 5.7 1.4 $9,572 2002 Blood Clot in Extremities 84 4.4 6.0 4.8 $8,486 2008 Blood Clot in Lung 101 6.8 2.0 6.1 $26,736 2007 Blood Clot in Lung 98 6.3 2.0 6.1 $24,614 2006 Blood Clot in Lung 103 6.0 5.1 5.1 $22,863 2005 Blood Clot in Lung 83 5.8 4.8 2.4 $21,359 2004 Blood Clot in Lung 56 5.1 5.9 0.0 $16,289 2003 Blood Clot in Lung 51 5.8 5.9 0.0 $15,776 2002 Blood Clot in Lung 64 5.5 1.6 3.2 $12,974 2008 Brain Surgery 7 3.6     $43,437 2008 Bronchitis and Asthma 129 4.0     $15,035 2008 Chest Pain 154 2.0 6.5 9.7 $15,821 2007 Chest Pain 95 1.8 5.3 5.3 $14,277 2006 Chest Pain 89 1.7 6.7 2.2 $11,833 2005 Chest Pain 121 1.5 11.6 5.0 $11,409 2004 Chest Pain 92 1.7 7.6 4.3 $10,225 2003 Chest Pain 100 1.6 7.0 3.0 $8,633 2002 Chest Pain 142 1.8 8.5 7.0 12.9 3.0 $7,029 2008 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 328 5.1 3.4 6.7 $19,441 2007 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 274 4.5 5.9 3.7 $18,208 2006 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 253 4.3 2.8 3.2 $16,949 2005 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 305 4.6 4.3 3.3 $15,689 2004 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 310 4.5 5.8 4.5 $13,319 2003 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 237 4.5 4.2 4.2 $11,598 2002 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 233 4.4 6.5 4.8 18.2 3.7 $9,298 2008 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 38 4.8 8.1 2.7 $34,888 2007 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 55 5.1 5.7 1.9 $24,749 2006 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 39 5.1 2.6 0.0 $22,725 2005 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 52 4.7 3.9 3.9 $19,004 2004 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 34 5.3 6.7 0.0 $19,965 2003 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 24 4.7 8.3 0.0 $14,896 2002 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 23 7.1 0.0 8.7 22.5 0.0 $17,553 2008 Colorectal Procedures 134 9.0     $65,649 2007 Colorectal Procedures 141 8.2     $57,464 2006 Colorectal Procedures 147 7.5     $54,164 2005 Colorectal Procedures 149 8.8     $50,353 2004 Colorectal Procedures 159 9.0     $44,950 2003 Colorectal Procedures 143 9.1     $32,262 2002 Colorectal Procedures 141 9.2     $26,650 2008 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 570 5.1 3.9 6.1 $20,708 2007 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 656 4.8 6.8 3.4 $19,308 2006 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 629 4.6 6.3 2.9 $18,561 2005 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 620 4.7 4.1 4.1 $16,844 2004 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 505 4.5 5.2 2.6 $14,225 2003 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 543 4.8 4.6 4.6 $12,880 2002 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 451 4.7 4.8 2.5 27.1 4.9 $10,686 2008 Diabetes - Medical Management 144 3.9 5.6 2.1 $17,397 2007 Diabetes - Medical Management 137 3.5 8.8 3.6 $14,916 2006 Diabetes - Medical Management 141 3.2 12.8 0.0 $13,661 2005 Diabetes - Medical Management 126 3.6 4.0 1.6 $13,885 2004 Diabetes - Medical Management 91 3.6     $11,591 2003 Diabetes - Medical Management 120 3.8     $10,708 2002 Diabetes - Medical Management 84 3.9     18.5 5.3 $8,922 2008 Diabetes with Amputation 20 10.5     $46,616 2007 Diabetes with Amputation 25 8.1     $43,804 2006 Diabetes with Amputation 24 10.2     $44,852 2005 Diabetes with Amputation 32 9.9     $40,108 2004 Diabetes with Amputation 12 9.9     $30,320 2003 Diabetes with Amputation 27 10.7     $32,583 2002 Diabetes with Amputation 17 7.5     31.5 20.0 $20,130 2008 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 146 3.5     $34,267 2007 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 144 3.6     $29,451 2006 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 153 3.5     $30,888 2005 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 142 3.5     $27,530 2004 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 141 3.5     $24,025 2003 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 122 3.5     $17,622 2002 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 135 3.3     8.9 4.8 $14,214 2008 Gallbladder Removal - Open 12 6.8     $47,509 2007 Gallbladder Removal - Open 17 8.1     $54,826 2006 Gallbladder Removal - Open 17 7.2     $45,699 2005 Gallbladder Removal - Open 22 6.1     $37,404 2004 Gallbladder Removal - Open 16 7.3     $40,357 2003 Gallbladder Removal - Open 13 6.6     $25,344 2002 Gallbladder Removal - Open 12 6.7     10.4 0.0 $19,212 2008 Heart Attack - Medical Management 112 4.8 7.1 4.0 $22,807 2007 Heart Attack - Medical Management 135 5.1 8.1 3.3 $21,065 2006 Heart Attack - Medical Management 138 5.6 6.6 1.7 $24,391 2005 Heart Attack - Medical Management 190 5.1 6.9 3.1 $22,296 2004 Heart Attack - Medical Management 147 5.0 9.0 0.7 $18,611 2003 Heart Attack - Medical Management 109 5.5 2.2 5.4 $16,162 2002 Heart Attack - Medical Management 98 6.2 1.2 8.4 $18,534 2008 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 174 6.5     $43,101 2007 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 180 6.5     $36,202 2006 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 132 5.6     $35,139 2005 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 163 5.4     $32,151 2004 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 170 6.0     $28,728 2003 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 168 6.3     $21,993 2002 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 137 6.1     17.5 6.9 $18,489 2008 Hypotension and Fainting 186 2.8 2.2 2.2 $14,740 2008 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 29 3.0 10.3 17.2 $26,898 2007 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 32 2.9 6.5 0.0 $27,716 2006 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 37 3.3 2.5 17.5 $25,913 2005 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 32 3.3 3.1 6.3 $24,400 2004 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 50 3.5     $21,704 2003 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 65 3.5     $15,144 2002 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 43 3.0     $11,238 2008 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 20 1.9     $26,669 2007 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 18 1.6     $26,380 2006 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 21 1.5     $18,955 2005 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 17 1.7     $21,336 2004 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 14 1.6     $19,510 2003 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 12 2.1     $12,944 2002 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 5 1.5     0.0 0.0 $10,889 2008 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with Surgery 45 12.8     $72,004 2008 Intestinal Obstruction 133 4.0 3.8 1.5 $17,229 2007 Intestinal Obstruction 109 4.3 1.9 3.7 $15,839 2006 Intestinal Obstruction 116 4.5 4.4 3.5 $16,823 2005 Intestinal Obstruction 86 3.6 8.3 2.4 $13,391 2004 Intestinal Obstruction 88 4.0 8.0 3.4 $11,685 2003 Intestinal Obstruction 83 4.3     $10,121 2008 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 270 4.0 5.2 3.3 $15,814 2007 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 209 4.1 5.3 2.9 $15,399 2006 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 246 3.7 7.8 3.7 $14,471 2005 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 284 3.6 6.3 1.4 $12,653 2004 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 240 3.9 4.2 2.1 $11,168 2003 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 229 4.0 4.9 2.7 $10,188 2002 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 151 4.0 9.3 2.7 17.7 6.6 $9,188 2008 Kidney Failure - Acute 249 5.8 2.5 6.3 $22,355 2007 Kidney Failure - Acute 289 5.3 7.0 2.5 $21,479 2008 Liver Disease except Cancer, Cirrhosis, or Alcoholic Hepatitis 30 6.5     $31,740 2008 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 33 6.4     $33,000 2007 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 38 5.2     $23,245 2006 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 35 4.7     $21,144 2005 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 42 5.9     $23,329 2004 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 26 4.8     $18,074 2003 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 36 6.6     $18,852 2002 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 17 5.9     $13,699 2008 Major Lung Surgery 99 7.4     $69,530 2007 Major Lung Surgery 99 6.8     $69,174 2006 Major Lung Surgery 90 7.6     $70,603 2005 Major Lung Surgery 90 7.2     $58,338 2004 Major Lung Surgery 84 8.4     $55,782 2003 Major Lung Surgery 80 9.3     $38,055 2002 Major Lung Surgery 63 6.8     $29,208 2008 Medical Back Problems 194 3.9     $17,568 2007 Medical Back Problems 172 3.6     $14,226 2006 Medical Back Problems 180 3.2     $12,744 2005 Medical Back Problems 177 3.4     $12,266 2004 Medical Back Problems 162 3.5     $9,912 2003 Medical Back Problems 161 3.6     $9,622 2002 Medical Back Problems 154 3.6     24.6 3.5 $7,950 2008 Miscellaneous Lung Surgery 78 8.2     $56,978 2008 Miscellaneous Vascular Surgery 89 6.2     $52,441 2008 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 86 4.4 1.2 5.9 $23,152 2007 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 103 4.9 7.8 6.8 $20,363 2006 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 112 4.8 5.4 6.3 $18,604 2005 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 128 4.3 7.8 4.7 $16,776 2004 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 95 4.3 4.3 2.2 $14,067 2003 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 74 5.1 2.7 4.1 $13,617 2002 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 46 5.6 6.5 8.7 18.5 2.4 $11,399 2008 Pneumonia - Aspiration 164 7.6 2.6 5.1 $31,294 2007 Pneumonia - Aspiration 173 6.6 7.4 2.5 $27,603 2006 Pneumonia - Aspiration 107 6.2 7.8 1.0 $25,852 2005 Pneumonia - Aspiration 158 5.8 9.7 1.4 $21,717 2004 Pneumonia - Aspiration 133 6.1 3.4 1.7 $19,393 2003 Pneumonia - Aspiration 126 7.5 5.5 5.5 $19,562 2002 Pneumonia - Aspiration 128 6.4 8.5 1.9 19.5 6.6 $15,943 2008 Pneumonia - Infectious 465 5.3 3.3 5.0 $21,870 2007 Pneumonia - Infectious 408 5.3 4.5 4.5 $21,069 2006 Pneumonia - Infectious 467 4.9 4.1 3.7 $19,503 2005 Pneumonia - Infectious 613 4.8 4.3 3.0 $16,591 2004 Pneumonia - Infectious 441 4.9 5.6 4.0 $17,203 2003 Pneumonia - Infectious 369 5.2 2.5 4.7 $14,741 2002 Pneumonia - Infectious 397 4.9 5.6 3.4 20.3 8.0 $12,404 2008 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections with Surgery 42 6.3     $30,499 2008 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 50 4.1 4.0 0.0 $17,799 2007 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 66 4.0 3.0 0.0 $17,478 2006 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 44 4.6 9.1 0.0 $19,643 2005 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 47 4.4 2.1 0.0 $15,355 2004 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 39 3.8 7.7 0.0 $11,716 2003 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 51 4.0 3.9 0.0 $9,753 2002 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 36 4.5 5.6 0.0 17.1 5.6 $11,297 2008 Prostatectomy - Radical 20 3.4 0.0 10.0 $37,149 2007 Prostatectomy - Radical 19 2.7 5.3 0.0 $34,093 2006 Prostatectomy - Radical 18 2.6 22.2 0.0 $27,173 2005 Prostatectomy - Radical 19 2.4     $25,239 2004 Prostatectomy - Radical 28 2.9     $21,688 2003 Prostatectomy - Radical 23 3.1     $15,842 2002 Prostatectomy - Radical 27 3.1     $12,861 2008 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 29 2.8     $20,036 2007 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 29 3.0     $18,495 2006 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 31 3.0     $18,016 2005 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 51 2.5     $15,161 2004 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 54 2.6     $12,674 2003 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 34 2.5     $8,317 2002 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 32 2.5     $7,253 2008 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 38 2.0     $35,023 2007 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 40 2.2     $34,150 2006 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 40 2.4     $33,294 2005 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 35 2.0     $29,186 2004 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 51 2.5     $26,020 2008 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 23 11.6 0.0 11.8 $52,941 2007 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 46 10.2 13.2 13.2 $61,141 2006 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 59 10.1 4.0 6.0 $57,795 2005 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 63 10.2 2.0 4.1 $54,375 2004 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 40 11.8     $55,453 2003 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 28 9.9     $44,999 2008 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 59 7.0 2.0 6.1 $26,996 2007 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 67 6.3 7.0 1.8 $28,473 2006 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 53 6.9 6.4 4.3 $29,029 2005 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 34 6.3 9.1 3.0 $27,656 2004 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 37 6.5     $18,686 2003 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 28 5.9     $15,776 2008 Septicemia 209 8.0 6.4 5.3 $37,228 2007 Septicemia 230 7.3 5.7 5.7 $35,871 2006 Septicemia 250 7.0 6.9 6.4 $29,281 2005 Septicemia 218 6.4 8.2 1.6 $25,130 2004 Septicemia 170 7.0 4.9 4.2 $24,189 2003 Septicemia 153 5.7 6.4 0.8 $16,766 2002 Septicemia 152 6.5 5.6 4.0 $16,805 2008 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 227 4.2 3.1 8.5 $21,394 2007 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 248 4.0 6.5 5.3 $17,461 2006 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 223 3.8 4.5 4.0 $16,193 2005 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 242 3.8 6.3 2.1 $14,209 2004 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 248 3.9     $12,500 2003 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 233 4.0     $10,934 2002 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 202 3.9     12.2 4.4 $9,408 2008 Stomach and Intestinal Complications and Disorders 155 3.8     $18,900 2008 Stomach and Intestinal Infections and Disorders 424 3.2     $16,240 2008 Stomach and Small Intestine Surgery 59 8.9     $70,826 2008 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 17 4.5 0.0 0.0 $15,372 2007 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 15 5.0 10.0 0.0 $18,599 2006 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 23 7.0 0.0 6.3 $19,694 2005 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 23 4.8 4.8 0.0 $21,806 2004 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 30 4.9 9.1 0.0 $14,573 2003 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 30 6.0 0.0 8.3 $15,922 2002 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 33 6.9 0.0 5.3 22.1 16.4 $14,623 2008 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 156 5.1 0.7 3.9 $23,215 2007 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 179 4.6 6.9 2.3 $21,698 2006 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 175 4.6 4.0 3.4 $21,187 2005 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 211 4.1 3.9 1.9 $17,633 2004 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 211 4.6 7.8 1.9 $16,371 2003 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 231 4.3 5.0 1.4 $14,215 2002 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 243 5.1 3.1 3.1 12.0 5.8 $13,852