title: Analyzing hospital admission rates at the community level.
abstract: This article describes the importance of hospital admission rates as utilization indicators and provides guidance on the development of related data. It identifies categories for analysis of hospital admission rates, including inpatient services, age groups, and geographic units. It describes how resident hospital admission rates can be developed from computer abstract data and contains examples of this information.
authors.affiliation: Community-General Hospital, Syracuse, New York, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lagoe
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Littau
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D017062:Small-Area Analysis; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review