Title: Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Cherokee County, AL (DISCONTINUED) Series ID: DMPCRATE001019 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) (https://www.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/reports/Primary_care_report_090910.pdf). DATE VALUE 2008-01-01 115.9399998188020 2009-01-01 113.5699999332430 2010-01-01 115.5000000000000 2011-01-01 100.1619999995460 2012-01-01 87.4419999998063 2013-01-01 81.3569999998435 2014-01-01 78.6619999995455 2015-01-01 76.6279999995604