| Title |
Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Shelby County, AL (DISCONTINUED) |
| Series ID |
DMPCRATE001117 |
| Source |
Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare |
| Release |
Preventable Hospital Admissions (Not a Press Release) |
| Seasonal Adjustment |
Not Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency |
Annual |
| Units |
Rate |
| Date Range |
2008-01-01 to 2015-01-01 |
| Last Updated |
2018-07-03 2:13 PM CDT |
| Notes |
The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare calculates preventable hospital admissions by considering the discharges for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions from short-stay acute care hospitals per 1,000 medicare enrollees. This is measured as a 5-year average and is adjusted for age, sex, and race.
For more information, see Regional and Racial Variation in Primary Care and the Quality of Care among Medicare Beneficiaries (2010). |
