Preventable Hospitalization by County, 2019

This layer displays the total number and rate of preventable hospitalization events among Medicare beneficiaries. Preventable hospitalizations include hospital admissions for one or more of the following conditions: diabetes with short-term complications, diabetes with long-term complications, uncontrolled diabetes without complications, diabetes with lower-extremity amputation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, hypertension, heart failure, bacterial pneumonia, or…

New maps and data for primary care providers added to the reporting platform!

New data on the availability of providers that specializing in primary care have been added to the reporting platform. Primary health providers include practicing physicians specializing in general practice medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Reporting elements include the total number and rate of providers in the reporting area.