Hospital deaths continue to decrease across Canada, new data shows. Nearly 60 per cent (47 out of 83) of hospitals in Canada achieved a decrease in hospital deaths over the last five years.
Hospitals have made strides in reducing mortality related to heart attack (down 19 per cent), sepsis (down ten per cent) and heart failure (down five per cent). More than 150,000 deaths occur in hospitals every year in Canada.
Results from hospitals in Quebec were not included and will be made available in Spring 2015.
Original report published by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) on December 2, 2014.
