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Hospitalizations of Rural Children for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
The purpose of this project is to:
- Determine the extent to which rural children are hospitalized for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC); and
- Analyze state differences and the relationship between characteristics of the local health care system and population, including poverty, uninsurance, and physician supply, and ACSC admissions for rural children.
HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) from six states, data from the Area Resource File and the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators will be used to examine ACSC admission rates for rural children.
Publications
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Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition Hospitalizations Among Rural Children
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Alana Knudson, Michele Burlew, Gestur Davidson
Report Number: Working Paper No. 4
Date: 02 / 2007
Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are conditions for which inpatient hospital admissions could potentially be avoided through better outpatient care. Using hospital inpatient discharge data from six states, this study examined the relationships between children’s inpatient hospitalizations for ACSCs, rural residence, poverty, health insurance, and physician supply. Admission rates for five conditions were examined: asthma, diabetes short-term complications, gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection and perforated appendix. Hospitalization rates for four of the five conditions are significantly higher for children living in rural areas than in urban areas. Condition-specific ACSC hospitalization rates for children also vary significantly across states, even after adjusting for rurality, poverty, uninsurance, and physician supply.
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Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition Hospitalizations Among Rural Children (Brief)
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Alana Knudson, Michele Burlew, Gestur Davidson
Report Number: Policy Brief
Date: 06 / 2007
Reports results from a study examining children's inpatient hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), rural residence, poverty, health insurance, and physician supply. Admission rates for five conditions were examined: asthma, diabetes short-term complications, gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection and perforated appendix.
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