2012 | Acadia, Louisiana | Preventable hospital stays

Summary Information

Range in Louisiana (Min-Max):	53-269
Overall in Louisiana:	93
National Benchmark:	49 (90th percentile)

Ranking Methodology

Summary Measure:	Health Factors - Clinical Care (Quality of Care)
Weight in Health Factors:	5%
Years of Data Used:	2009

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The counties are shaded with lighter counties having a better rank. Gray counties are not reported (NR).
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What It Is:

Preventable hospital stays are measured as the hospital discharge rate for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.

Where It Comes From:

Estimates of preventable hospital stays were calculated for the County Health Rankings by the authors of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care using Medicare claims data.

Reason for Ranking:

Hospitalization for diagnoses amenable to outpatient services suggests that the quality of care provided in the outpatient setting was less than ideal. The measure may also represent the population’s tendency to overuse the hospital as a main source of care.

More Information

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# Medicare Enrollees	Number of Medicare enrollees
Preventable Hosp. Rate	Discharges for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions/Medicare Enrollees * 1,000
Error Margin	95% confidence interval reported by Dartmouth Institute
Z-Score	(Measure - Average of LA counties)/(Standard Deviation)

Place	# Medicare Enrollees	Preventable Hosp. Rate	Error Margin	Z-Score
Acadia	9,073	103	97-110	-0.25
Allen	2,586	155	140-171	0.95
Ascension	4,383	82	73-90	-0.75
Assumption	2,022	88	75-100	-0.61
Avoyelles	4,805	141	131-152	0.62
Beauregard	4,020	122	111-133	0.17
Bienville	1,991	142	126-158	0.64
Bossier	11,023	89	83-95	-0.59
Caddo	26,318	82	79-85	-0.74
Calcasieu	19,735	80	76-83	-0.80
Caldwell	1,453	211	186-235	2.22
Cameron				0.00
Catahoula	1,669	138	120-156	0.54
Claiborne	2,067	136	121-151	0.50
Concordia	2,400	111	98-124	-0.08
De Soto	3,057	97	86-108	-0.40
East Baton Rouge	29,657	53	50-55	-1.42
East Carroll	938	220	191-248	2.42
East Feliciana	1,479	116	99-133	0.04
Evangeline	3,531	190	175-204	1.74
Franklin	2,802	151	137-165	0.85
Grant	2,193	98	84-111	-0.39
Iberia	8,293	84	78-90	-0.69
Iberville	2,197	65	55-75	-1.13
Jackson	2,272	157	140-173	0.97
Jefferson	25,963	76	72-79	-0.89
Jefferson Davis	4,487	124	114-134	0.22
La Salle	1,388	217	191-242	2.36
Lafayette	19,455	73	69-77	-0.95
Lafourche	8,416	95	89-102	-0.44
Lincoln	4,292	92	83-100	-0.52
Livingston	5,901	97	89-106	-0.39
Madison	1,125	115	96-133	0.01
Morehouse	3,596	76	67-84	-0.89
Natchitoches	4,272	106	96-115	-0.19
Orleans	17,213	59	56-63	-1.27
Ouachita	15,477	98	93-103	-0.37
Plaquemines	1,037	78	61-95	-0.84
Pointe Coupee	2,092	119	105-133	0.11
Rapides	15,004	77	73-82	-0.85
Red River	975	135	112-158	0.48
Richland	2,712	136	122-150	0.50
Sabine	3,071	145	131-159	0.71
St. Bernard	1,437	83	68-98	-0.72
St. Charles	2,127	81	69-93	-0.77
St. Helena	615	137	110-164	0.53
St. James	1,884	78	66-90	-0.84
St. John the Baptist	2,603	78	68-88	-0.84
St. Landry	8,233	81	75-87	-0.77
St. Martin	4,632	88	79-96	-0.61
St. Mary	5,537	99	90-107	-0.36
St. Tammany	15,248	89	84-94	-0.58
Tangipahoa	8,867	124	117-131	0.22
Tensas	742	82	63-101	-0.73
Terrebonne	10,233	82	76-87	-0.75
Union	3,017	152	138-166	0.87
Vermilion	6,359	114	106-122	-0.01
Vernon	4,375	190	176-203	1.73
Washington	4,963	125	116-135	0.25
Webster	5,498	98	90-106	-0.37
West Baton Rouge	1,400	68	55-82	-1.06
West Carroll ^{^}	1,846	269	245-294	3.00
West Feliciana	872	93	73-113	-0.49
Winn	2,555	163	148-179	1.13

^Z-Score was capped at -3.0/3.0 due to population < 20,000

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2012 | Acadia, Louisiana | Preventable hospital stays

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Ranking Methodology