Patient characteristics associated with hospitalisations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Victoria, Australia

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) are those for which hospitalisation is thought to be avoidable with the application of preventive care and early disease management, usually delivered in a primary care setting. ACSCs are used extensively as indicators of accessibility and effectiveness o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC health services research 2012-12, Vol.12 (1), p.475-475, Article 475
Hauptverfasser:	Ansari, Zahid, Haider, Syed Imran, Ansari, Humaira, de Gooyer, Tanyth, Sindall, Colin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Access barriers Adolescent Adult Age groups Aged Aged, 80 and over Ambulatory care Ambulatory Care - utilization Ambulatory medical care Analysis Asthma Child Child, Preschool Chronic Disease - classification Codes Confidence Intervals Diabetes Disease Management Evidence-based medicine Female Health care Health Services Accessibility Heart failure Hospital care Hospitalization Hospitalization - trends Hospitals Humans Hypertension Illnesses Infant Influenza International Classification of Diseases Logistic Models Male Medicine, Preventive Middle Aged Odds Ratio Patients Pediatrics Pneumonia Population Preventive health services Preventive medicine Primary care Primary health care Primary Health Care - standards Primary Health Care - utilization Public health Severity of Illness Index Sex Distribution Social Class Socio-demographic Studies Vaccines Variables Victoria Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) are those for which hospitalisation is thought to be avoidable with the application of preventive care and early disease management, usually delivered in a primary care setting. ACSCs are used extensively as indicators of accessibility and effectiveness of primary health care. We examined the association between patient characteristics and hospitalisation for ACSCs in the adult and paediatric population in Victoria, Australia, 2003/04. Hospital admissions data were merged with two area-level socioeconomic indexes: Index of Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSED) and Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA). Univariate and multiple logistic regressions were performed for both adult (age 18+ years) and paediatric (age
ISSN:	1472-6963 1472-6963
DOI:	10.1186/1472-6963-12-475