Analyzing hospital admission rates at the community level

This article describes the importance of hospital admission rates as utilization indicators and provides guidance on the development of related data. It identifies categories for analysis of hospital admission rates, including inpatient services, age groups, and geographic units. It describes how re...

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Published inJournal of nursing care quality Vol. Spec No; p. 25
Main Authors Lagoe, R J, Arnold, K A, Littau, S A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.1999
Subjects
Age Factors
Community Health Services - utilization
Data Collection
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Community - utilization
Humans
Nursing Service, Hospital
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Small-Area Analysis
United States
Utilization Review
United States
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Summary:This article describes the importance of hospital admission rates as utilization indicators and provides guidance on the development of related data. It identifies categories for analysis of hospital admission rates, including inpatient services, age groups, and geographic units. It describes how resident hospital admission rates can be developed from computer abstract data and contains examples of this information.
ISSN:1057-3631
DOI:10.1097/00001786-199911000-00005