Vermont
Preventable Hospitalizations: 2011
Preventable hospitalizations is the discharge rate from hospitals for conditions for which good outpatient care can potentially prevent the need for hospitalization. These include conditions such as adult asthma, bacterial pneumonia, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and more. These discharges reflect the tendency for a population to overuse the hospital setting as a site for care.
The ranks are based on data from The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinic Practice, Lebanon, N.H.
Preventable hospitalizations reflect how well a population uses the various delivery options for necessary care. These hospitalizations can often be reduced by strong outpatient care systems, are highly correlated with general admissions and reflect the tendency for a population to overuse the hospital setting as a site for care.
The measures tracked by America's Health Rankings are those actions that can
affect the future health of the population. For a state to improve the health of
its population, efforts must focus on these measures, these determinants of health.
Vermont
Preventable Hospitalizations
(2001-2011)
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Discharge rate among the Medicare population for diagnoses that are amenable to non-hospital based care.
| Edition |
|
Rank |
Value |
|
2011 - Vermont
|
|
10
|
54.7 |
