Pennsylvania's in-hospital mortality rates decreased significantly statewide between 2008 and 2013 for eight of the 16 illnesses studied by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4), according to a report released Wednesday by the independent state agency.
The same study found readmission rates declined notably in eight of 13 medical conditions that were analyzed.
The sharpest drop in mortality rates statewide was for Septicemia, a life-threatening type of blood poisoning, where the rate decreased from 18.8 percent to 12.2 percent. Nationally, about 750,000 cases of Septicemia are reported annually affecting between 1 percent and 2 percent of all hospitalizations, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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