Tribal implementation of a patient-centred medical home model in Alaska accompanied by decreased hospital use

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Percent of customer-owners with one or more hospitalisations per month for any reason.

Table I Mean monthly population, patients with at least 1 emergency care visit and patients with at least 1 hospital admission (Anchorage area patients, 1996–2009)

	SCF patient population		EC visits		Hospital admissions
Year	N	% increase from previous year	N	%	N	%
1996	28,100	N/A	2,123	7.56	255	0.91
1997	29,545	5.14	2,622	8.87	271	0.92
1998	31,768	7.52	2,941	9.26	295	0.93
1999*	33,650	5.92	2,051	6.10	307	0.91
2000	35,524	5.57	2,843	8.00	318	0.90
2001	37,610	5.87	2,764	7.35	320	0.85
2002	39,446	4.88	2,690	6.82	316	0.80
2003	41,101	4.20	2,851	6.94	329	0.80
2004	42,122	2.48	2,766	6.57	275	0.65
2005	42,928	1.91	2,737	6.38	280	0.65
2006	44,017	2.54	2,533	5.75	335	0.76
2007	45,259	2.82	2,599	5.74	341	0.75
2008	46,350	2.41	2,736	5.90	336	0.72
2009	47,464	2.40	2,772	5.84	352	0.74

* Some EC visits were coded for other clinics during 4 months in 1999, resulting in lower EC visit counts.

Fig. 2 Percent of customer-owners with one or more hospitalisations per month for unintentional injury or poisoning.

Fig. 3 Percent of adult asthma patients with one or more hospitalisations per year.