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Table 4 Number of Hospitals with an ED-HSMR 95% confidence interval falling under or over 100 by peer-group and province in 2010 (N = 294) and 2011 (N = 213)*

From: Canadian in-hospital mortality for patients with emergency-sensitive conditions: a retrospective cohort study

  2010 2011
< 100 > 100 Total < 100 > 100 Total
Peer-Groups
 Teaching 14 (33.3) 6 (14.3) 42 11 (44.0) 1 (4.0) 25
 Large Community 31 (33.3) 8 (8.6) 93 35 (50.7) 2 (2.9) 69
 Medium Community 22 (18.0) 10 (8.2) 122 18 (18.9) 9 (9.5) 95
 Small Community 0 (0) 7 (18.9) 37 3 (12.5) 3 (12.5) 24
Provinces
 Newfoundland/Labrador 0 (0) 5 (71.4) 7 0 (0) 4 (50.0) 8
 Prince Edward Island 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 (0) 2
 Nova Scotia 0 5 (71.4) 7 0(0) 2 (20.0) 10
 New Brunswick 3 (27.3) 0 (0) 11 4 (36.4) 0 (0) 11
 Québeca 19 (25.3) 9 (12.0) 75 N/A N/A N/A
 Ontario 24 (22.3) 9 (8.3) 105 38 (39.6) 6 (6.3) 96
 Manitoba 0 (0) 0 (0) 12 0 (0) 1 (8.3) 12
 Saskatchewan 3 (25.0) 1 (8.3) 12 4 (33.3) 1 (8.3) 12
 Alberta 7 (38.9) 2 (11.1) 18 6 (30.0) 1 (5.0) 20
 British Columbia 11 (28.2) 0 (0) 39 15 (36.6) 0 (0) 41
 Territoriesb 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 (0) 1
  1. *All data are presented as number and percentage [n (%)]
  2. aQuébec data not available in 2011
  3. bNo hospital in the Territories in 2010 met the criteria of at least 20 expected deaths for the calculation of the ED-HSMR
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