Title: Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Whitley County, KY (DISCONTINUED) Series ID: DMPCRATE021235 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 2008-01-01 105.7699999809270 2009-01-01 116.0899999141690 2010-01-01 117.3799998760220 2011-01-01 119.9909999994560 2012-01-01 108.8279999997470 2013-01-01 97.5309999994934 2014-01-01 93.2439999999478 2015-01-01 86.2589999996126