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2011 | East Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Preventable hospital stays

Summary Information

Range in Louisiana
(Min-Max):
58-314
Overall in Louisiana: 98
National Benchmark: 52 (90th percentile)

Ranking Methodology

Summary Measure: Health Factors - Clinical Care (Quality of Care)
Weight in Health Factors: 5%
Years of Data Used: 2006-2007
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Preventable hospital stays are measured as the hospital discharge rate for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.

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.

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.

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No of Medicare enrollees Number of Medicare enrollees, 2006-2007
ACSC 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)
PlaceNo of Medicare enrolleesACSC RateError MarginZ-Score
Acadia18,519116111-121-0.12
Allen5,406161150-1720.77
Ascension10,0269185-97-0.62
Assumption4,0519989-108-0.47
Avoyelles10,313134127-1410.23
Beauregard7,942137128-1450.29
Bienville4,306117107-127-0.11
Bossier22,1698076-84-0.84
Caddo57,6667977-81-0.86
Calcasieu41,5288077-83-0.84
Caldwell2,984226209-2432.05
Cameron93910785-129-0.30
Catahoula3,454149136-1620.53
Claiborne4,295133123-1440.22
Concordia4,948120111-129-0.05
De Soto6,373111103-119-0.23
East Baton Rouge63,6165856-60-1.28
East Carroll1,886239219-2602.32
East Feliciana3,02210897-120-0.28
Evangeline7,300176166-1861.06
Franklin5,921150140-1590.54
Grant4,41110697-116-0.32
Iberia16,1198075-84-0.85
Iberville4,7188779-95-0.70
Jackson4,727177165-1891.08
Jefferson54,8497673-78-0.93
Jefferson Davis9,167128121-1360.12
La Salle^3,647299281-3183.00
Lafayette38,4998179-84-0.81
Lafourche17,5639793-102-0.50
Lincoln9,0779084-96-0.65
Livingston12,39910195-107-0.42
Madison2,232161145-1760.76
Morehouse8,06010295-108-0.41
Natchitoches8,240125117-1320.04
Orleans30,1796461-67-1.16
Ouachita33,4679592-99-0.54
Plaquemines2,0738169-93-0.83
Pointe Coupee4,37210999-118-0.27
Rapides31,5438986-93-0.66
Red River2,129178160-1951.10
Richland5,604155145-1650.65
Sabine6,423133123-1420.20
St. Bernard2,56911097-123-0.25
St. Charles4,7399789-106-0.50
St. Helena1,359138119-1560.31
St. James4,0408879-97-0.68
St. John the Baptist6,0838477-91-0.76
St. Landry16,7849489-98-0.56
St. Martin9,0019892-104-0.49
St. Mary10,8769286-98-0.60
St. Tammany32,593109106-113-0.26
Tangipahoa20,363133128-1380.20
Tensas1,543116100-132-0.13
Terrebonne20,2248278-86-0.80
Union6,268149139-1580.52
Vermilion13,319116111-122-0.12
Vernon8,169189179-1991.32
Washington10,484128121-1350.11
Webster12,03110599-111-0.35
West Baton Rouge3,0895850-67-1.27
West Carroll^3,779314296-3323.00
West Feliciana1,7936856-80-1.08
Winn4,590181168-1931.15

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