| DESCRIPTION | This option lists patients who had surgery within the selected date range and who died within 30 days of surgery. Two separate reports are available through this option. 1. Total Cases Summary This report may be printed in one of three ways. a. All Cases The report will list all patients who had surgery within the selected date range and who died within 30 days of surgery, along with all of the patients' operations that were performed during the selected date range. b. Outpatient Cases Only The report will list only the surgical cases that are associated with deaths that are counted as outpatient (ambulatory) deaths. c. Inpatient Cases Only The report will list only the surgical cases that are associated with deaths that are counted as inpatient deaths. 2. Specialty Procedures This report will list the surgical cases that are associated with deaths that are counted for the national surgical specialty linked to the local surgical specialty. Cases are listed by national surgical specialty. |