Joint spatial modeling to identify shared patterns among chronic related potentially preventable hospitalizations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rates of Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations (PPH) are used to evaluate access of territorially delimited populations to high quality ambulatory care. A common geographic pattern of several PPH would reflect the performance of healthcare providers. This study is aimed at modeling jointly the geographical variation in six chronic PPH conditions in one Spanish Autonomous Community for describing common and discrepant patterns, and to assess the relative weight of the common pattern on each condition.

Methods

Data on the 39,970 PPH hospital admissions for diabetes short term complications, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure, dehydration, angina admission and adult asthma, between 2007 and 2009 were extracted from the Hospital

SUBMITTER: Ibanez-Beroiz B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4053553 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature