In-patient Deaths (Hansard, 10 June 2003)

HC Deb 10 June 2003 vol 406 c837W 837W

§ Tim Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what allowance is made for local population ages when assessing hospital performances for in-patient death rates. [116455]

§ Mr. Hutton
The current indicators of in-patient death rates use a technique called 'age—sex standardisation' to take into account the different age structures of the patients treated by different hospital trusts.