Metrics

Topic 1

Severe Maternal Morbidity among Hemorrhage Cases

Outcome Measure Formula

Numerator: Among the denominator, all cases with any non-transfusion SMM code
Denominator: All mothers during their birth admission, excluding extopics and miscarriages, meeting one of the following criteria:

Metric Recommendations

Direct Impact: All Pregnant Patients
Lives Spared Harm:
\(Lives\ =\ \left(SSM\ Rate_{baseline}-\ SMM\ Rate_{measurement}\ \right)\ x\ Deno\min ator_{baseline}\)
Notes:  Since this is a morbidity measure, the lives saved calculation is not applicable. 
Data Collection: HDD File (ICD9/ICD10)

Topic 2