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Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Lehigh County, PA (DISCONTINUED) (DMPCRATE042077)

Observation:

2015: 51.34400 (+ more)   Updated: Jul 3, 2018 2:11 PM CDT
2015:  51.34400  
2014:  52.21300  
2013:  56.46900  
2012:  62.61200  
2011:  69.19700  
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Units:

Rate,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

NOTES

Source: Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare  

Release: Preventable Hospital Admissions  

Units:  Rate, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

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).

Suggested Citation:

Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare, Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Lehigh County, PA (DISCONTINUED) [DMPCRATE042077], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DMPCRATE042077, .

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