Title:               Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Decatur County, KS
Series ID:           DMPCRATE020039
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 2:12 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
2008-01-01 193.6199998855590
2009-01-01 165.9899997711180
2010-01-01 155.8699998855590
2011-01-01 101.7049999991430
2012-01-01 105.6149999992920
2013-01-01  53.2989999996498
2014-01-01  35.9849999998696
2015-01-01  60.3339999997988