Medicare Hospital Compare

From the Medicare Hospital Compare, development of postoperative complications has to rely on a period of time as the first variable to be put into consideration. According to the provided data, the variable of time is divided into three groups. At least one out of eight complications occurs within a given period (“Complication Rate for Hip/Knee Replacement Patients”, 2016). The first group is seven days within admission after elective hip or knee replacement where complications are a heart attack, pneumonia or septic shock (“Complication Rate for Hip/Knee Replacement Patients”, 2016). The next group variable is 30 days after admission and having done an elective knee or hip replacement. This variable has the following complications; pulmonary embolism, bleeding of the surgical site, and even death (“Complication Rate for Hip/Knee Replacement Patients”, 2016). The third variable is 90 days within admission whereby the complications are marked by wound infections or some mechanical complications of the joints. With these variables, the patient safety problems are easily located according to the data used by Medicare hospital compare.Total Hip and Knee Replacement