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Geographic Variation in Preventable Hospitalization of Older Women and Men: Implications for Access to Primary Health Care

Sarah B. Laditka PhD Health Services Management, School of Business and Public Management, State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, P.O. Box 3050, Utica, NY, 13504
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James N. Laditka DA Department of Public Administration, Center for Policy Research, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244
Pages 43-56 | Published online: 22 Oct 2008

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Jennifer H. Bushelle-Edghill, James N. Laditka, Sarah B. Laditka & Larissa R. Brunner Huber. (2015) Evaluating Access to Primary Health Care Among Older Women and Men in Barbados Using Preventable Hospitalization. Journal of Women & Aging 27:4, pages 273-289.
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JamesN. Laditka & SarahB. Laditka. (2006) Race, Ethnicity and Hospitalization for Six Chronic Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in the USA. Ethnicity & Health 11:3, pages 247-263.
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Pushkar Raj Silwal, Daniel Exeter, Tim Tenbensel & Arier Lee. (2022) Understanding geographical variations in health system performance: a population-based study on preventable childhood hospitalisations. BMJ Open 12:6, pages e052209.
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Robin L. Walker, William A. Ghali, Guanmin Chen, Tej K. Khalsa, Birinder K. Mangat, Norm R. C. Campbell, Elijah Dixon, Doreen Rabi, Nathalie Jette, Robyn Dhanoa & Hude Quan. (2017) ACSC Indicator: testing reliability for hypertension. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 17:1.
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Yu-Hsiang Kao & Shiao-Chi Wu. (2016) STROBE-compliant article. Medicine 95:38, pages e4948.
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John Busby, Sarah Purdy & William Hollingworth. (2015) A systematic review of the magnitude and cause of geographic variation in unplanned hospital admission rates and length of stay for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. BMC Health Services Research 15:1.
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Edy Kornelius, Chien-Ning Huang, Yi-Sun Yang, Ying-Li Lu, Chiung-Huei Peng & Jeng-Yuan Chiou. (2014) Diabetes-related avoidable hospitalizations in Taiwan. Primary Care Diabetes 8:4, pages 330-337.
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Therese Löfqvist, Bo Burström, Anders Walander & Rickard Ljung. (2014) Inequalities in avoidable hospitalisation by area income and the role of individual characteristics: a population-based register study in Stockholm County, Sweden. BMJ Quality & Safety 23:3, pages 206-214.
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Zahid AnsariStacey RoweHumaira AnsariColin Sindall. (2013) Small Area Analysis of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Victoria, Australia. Population Health Management 16:3, pages 190-200.
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Zahid Ansari, Syed Imran Haider, Humaira Ansari, Tanyth de Gooyer & Colin Sindall. (2012) Patient characteristics associated with hospitalisations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Victoria, Australia. BMC Health Services Research 12:1.
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Preethy Nayar, Anh T. Nguyen, Bettye Apenteng & Fang Yu. (2011) Preventable Hospitalizations: Does Rurality or Non-Physician Clinician Supply Matter?. Journal of Community Health 37:2, pages 487-494.
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Berta Ibáñez-Beroiz, Julián Librero-López, Salvador Peiró-Moreno & Enrique Bernal-Delgado. (2011) Shared component modelling as an alternative to assess geographical variations in medical practice: gender inequalities in hospital admissions for chronic diseases. BMC Medical Research Methodology 11:1.
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Evelyn Hutt, Stacey J. Elder, Ron Fish & Sung-Joon Min. (2011) Regional Variation in Mortality and Subsequent Hospitalization of Nursing Residents With Heart Failure. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 12:8, pages 595-601.
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Likwang Chen, Hsin-Ming Lu, Shu-Fang Shih, Ken N Kuo, Chi-Liang Chen & Lynn Chu Huang. (2010) Poverty related risk for potentially preventable hospitalisations among children in Taiwan. BMC Health Services Research 10:1.
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Louise M. Murray & Sarah B. Laditka. (2010) Care Transitions by Older Adults From Nursing Homes to Hospitals: Implications for Long-Term Care Practice, Geriatrics Education, and Research. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 11:4, pages 231-238.
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James N. Laditka, Sarah B. Laditka & Janice C. Probst. (2009) Health care access in rural areas: Evidence that hospitalization for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions in the United States may increase with the level of rurality. Health & Place 15:3, pages 761-770.
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Purificacion Magan, Angel Otero, Angel Alberquilla & Jose Manuel Ribera. (2008) Geographic variations in avoidable hospitalizations in the elderly, in a health system with universal coverage. BMC Health Services Research 8:1.
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Ignacio Correa-Velez, Zahid Ansari, Vijaya Sundararajan, Kaye Brown & Sandra M Gifford. (2007) A six-year descriptive analysis of hospitalisations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among people born in refugee-source countries. Population Health Metrics 5:1.
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Zahid ANSARI, David DUNT & Shyamali C. DHARMAGE. (2007) Variations in hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural and urban Victoria, Australia. Respirology 12:6, pages 874-880.
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Zahid Ansari, James N. Laditka & Sarah B. Laditka. (2016) Access to Health Care and Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions. Medical Care Research and Review 63:6, pages 719-741.
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Pamela L. Davidson, Ronald M. Andersen, Roberta Wyn & E. Richard Brown. (2016) A Framework for Evaluating Safety-Net and other Community-Level Factors on Access for Low-Income Populations. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 41:1, pages 21-38.
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C. Bermúdez-Tamayo, S. Márquez-Calderón, M.M. Rodríguez del Águila, E. Perea-Milla López & J. Ortiz Espinosa. (2004) Características organizativas de la atención primaria y hospitalización por los principales ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Atención Primaria 33:6, pages 305-311.
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James N Laditka, Sarah B Laditka & Melanie P Mastanduno. (2003) Hospital utilization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: health outcome disparities associated with race and ethnicity. Social Science & Medicine 57:8, pages 1429-1441.
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Baiju R. ShahNadia GunrajJanet E. Hux. (2003) Markers of Access to and Quality of Primary Care for Aboriginal People in Ontario, Canada. American Journal of Public Health 93:5, pages 798-802.
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S. Márquez-Calderón, M.M. Rodríguez del Águila, E. Perea-Milla, J. Ortiz & C. Bermúdez-Tamayo. (2003) Factores asociados a la hospitalización por procesos sensibles a cuidados ambulatorios en los municipios. Gaceta Sanitaria 17:5, pages 360-367.
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Ronald M. Andersen, Hongjian Yu, Roberta Wyn, Pamela L. Davidson, E. Richard Brown & Stephanie Teleki. (2016) Access to Medical Care for Low-Income Persons: How do Communities Make a Difference?. Medical Care Research and Review 59:4, pages 384-411.
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