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INDICATOR NAME
Name
ACSC admissions: asthma
Alternate Name
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) admissions: asthma
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
Adjusted rate of hospital admissions for asthma per 1,000 patients
HQO Reporting tool/product
Personalized/Custom Reports (includes Practice Reports)
Dimension
Effective
Type
Outcome
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Rate per 1,000 patients
Calculation Methods
Numerator/ Denominator * 1,000
Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
The number of acute care hospital admissions for asthma in the previous year
Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Total number of patients aged 75 years and younger as of March 31st the previous year
Data Source
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)
Data provided to HQO by
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
 
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
NA
 
TAGS
Sector
Acute Care/Hospital, Primary Care
Type
Outcome
Topic
Access, Chronic Disease
Dimension
Effective
Source
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)
 
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
11/04/2016 16:02:00