Atlas of Avoidable Hospitalisations: ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, Australia

Summary: Avoidable hospitalisations resulting from ambulatory care-sensitive conditions; unavoidable and total hospitalisations; rates of hospitalisations from vaccine-preventable, chronic and acute ambulatory care-sensitive conditions

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Avoidable hospitalistions, 2001/02:

• Ambulatory care-sensitve conditions

• Unavoidable hospitalisations

• Total hospitalisations

• Vaccine-preventable conditions

  • influenza and pneumonia

  • other vaccine-preventable

• Chronic conditions

  • diabetes complications

  • nutritional deficiencies

  • iron deficiency anaemia

  • hypertension

  • congestive heart failure

  • angina

  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • asthma

• Acute conditions

  • dehydration and gastroenteritis

  • convulsions and epilepsy

  • ear, nose and throat infections

  • dental conditions

  • perforated/ bleeding ulcer

  • ruptured appendix

  • pyelonephritis

  • pelvic inflammatory disease

  • cellulitis

  • gangrene