Observations

2015: 68.57200

Updated: Jul 3, 2018 2:13 PM CDT

Units:

Rate,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions in DeKalb County, AL	2017-02-03	2018-07-02
Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in DeKalb County, AL (DISCONTINUED)	2018-07-03	2018-07-03

Source

Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare	2017-02-03	2018-07-03

Release

Preventable Hospital Admissions	2017-02-03	2018-07-03

Units

Rate	2017-02-03	2018-07-03

Frequency

Annual	2017-02-03	2018-07-03

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2017-02-03	2018-07-03

Notes

The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare calculates preventable hospital admissions by considering the discharges for ambulatory care sensitive conditions per 1,000 medicare enrollees. See http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/reports/Primary_care_report_090910.pdf for more information.	2017-02-03	2018-07-02
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) (https://www.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/reports/Primary_care_report_090910.pdf).	2018-07-03	2018-07-03

Release Tables

Preventable Hospital Admissions