Mortality rates decreasing at Irish hospitals

Mortality rates declined for patients of five out of six medical conditions assessed for the audit. File picture.

The National Audit of Hospital Mortality shows improved mortality rates for patients across five of the six medical conditions assessed during 2019.

The audit looked at mortality rates over the last 10 years in public hospitals for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pneumonia.