Patient Safety Indicators for New York Hospitals in 2015

2015 data from the New York State Department of Health provides observed, expected, and risk-adjusted rates for Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) across hospitals. The dataset includes counts for numerators, denominators, and total cases for each PSI measure, calculated using SPARCS inpatient data and AHRQ methodology. It was published by health.data.ny.gov and last updated in April 2025.

Use Cases

• Benchmark hospital performance by comparing Observed Rate against Expected Rate for a specific PSI Code within a Hospital Region.
• Identify hospitals with outlier safety metrics by analyzing risk-adjusted rates and their 95% confidence intervals for indicators like surgical complications.
• Assess geographic disparities in patient safety by aggregating PSI Value by Hospital County for area-level measures.

Strengths

• Includes risk-adjusted rates with 95% confidence intervals for standardized comparison.
• Covers multiple PSI measures developed by AHRQ using established ICD-9-CM code analysis.

Limitations

• Data is temporally limited to a single calendar year (2015).
• Geographic coverage is restricted to New York State hospitals.
• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.

Provenance

Source

New York State Department of Health via Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS).

Collection Method

Calculated from SPARCS inpatient data and US Census data using AHRQ methodology.

Time Range

Calendar Year 2015.

Freshness

Metadata last updated April 2025, but underlying data is from 2015.

Geography

New York State, USA.