Title: Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Plymouth County, MA (DISCONTINUED) Series ID: DMPCRATE025023 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 85.8899998664856 2009-01-01 88.3199999332428 2010-01-01 85.3299999237061 2011-01-01 78.5939999995753 2012-01-01 68.2079999996349 2013-01-01 58.5579999997281 2014-01-01 56.5179999996908 2015-01-01 59.0719999996945