Chronic Disease Preventable Hospitalizations

This Indicator measures the age-adjusted rate of chronic diseases preventable hospitalizations. “Preventable hospitalizations” are inpatient hospital stays that could have been avoided with improved access to and quality of outpatient care. They are measured by prevention quality indicators (PQIs). PQI #92, the chronic composite, is a summary measure which captures preventable hospitalizations from diabetes-related, respiratory-related and circulatory system-related preventable hospitalizations for adults, such as uncontrolled diabetes, asthma, and heart failure.(Source:http://www.healthyalamedacounty.org/indicators/index/view?indicatorId=2480&locale Id=238)

This Indicator compares zip codes in which more than 60% of the population is non-White to those in which more than 60% of the population is White. The third category of zip codes is those in which the population is racially and ethnically mixed. Data is from 2013 through the third quarter of 2015.

本指标衡量了经过年龄调整的慢性病可预防住院率。所谓“可预防住院”是指在改善门诊护理的可获得性和质量后本可避免的住院治疗。这些住院治疗通过预防质量指标（PQIs）进行衡量。PQI #92，慢性病综合指标，是一项汇总指标，它捕捉了由糖尿病相关、呼吸系统相关和循环系统相关可预防住院治疗所导致的住院情况，例如未得到控制的糖尿病、哮喘和心力衰竭。（来源：http://www.healthyalamedacounty.org/indicators/index/view?indicatorId=2480&localeId=238）本指标对比了人口中超过60%为非白人的邮政编码区与人口中超过60%为白人的邮政编码区。第三类邮政编码区是指种族和民族混合的邮政编码区。数据来源于2013年至2015年第三季度。