Preventable hospitalizations due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Latin America (2015-2019): a multi-country descriptive analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), many countries face persistent gaps in access to and quality of primary care, which can result in preventable hospitalizations. Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are conditions for which timely and effective primary care may reduce the risk of hospitalization. We analyze hospital discharges from public sector hospitals in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru between 2015 and 2019 to describe national and subnational variation in hospitalizations due to ACSCs and to assess their contribution to inpatient service utilization.

Methods

Using sex-age standardized shares of ACSC discharges and days of stay in public hospitals, we conducted descriptive analyses of patterns across an

SUBMITTER: Bernal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12541823 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature