O/E Ratio “O” is the observed rate of mortality defined

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O/E Ratio “O” is the observed rate of mortality defined by the number of deaths divided by the number of discharges- “E” is the expected rate of mortality defined by the number of expected deathsdivided by the number of discharges- You would like to have an O/E ratio less than 1 (i.e. small is better) The Problem … -Your hospital president is frustrated by the number of patients who died in the general medicine department last yearEach patient visit carries an expected likelihood of mortality- You are given a spreadsheet of expected and observed mortality by patient encounter by departmentYour Job Produce a single figure that can be used to easily interpret the information-Your audience is the hospital president- Which department is performing worst?- Which department is performing best? The RulesYou may (and should) label any axes and provide a titleDO NOT include any other text describing your figureYour figure should be interpretable visually