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Volume
8: No. 5, September 2011
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A Common Denominator: Calculating Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care?/font>Sensitive Conditions in California
Characteristic
Age, y |
Age-Specific Rate |
Age- and Prevalence-Specific Rate |
| 18-44 |
6.5 |
62.2 |
| 45-64 |
30.4 |
90.9 |
| 65-74 |
57.7 |
101.3 |
| ≥75 |
94.5 |
154.4 |
Figure 1. Age-specific and age- and prevalence-specific
hospitalization
rates for hypertension among California Adults. Source: California
Health Interview Survey and OSHPD Hospital Patient Discharge Data. Abbreviation:
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
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Characteristic
Age, y |
Age-Specific Rate |
Age- and Prevalence-Specific Rate |
| 18-64 |
81.6 |
9,338.3 |
| 65-74 |
672.5 |
12,340.5 |
| ≥75 |
1,774.7 |
22,322.3 |
Figure 2. Age-specific and age- and prevalence-specific
hospitalization
rates for CHF among California adults. Source: California Health
Interview Survey and OSHPD Hospital Patient Discharge Data. Abbreviation: OSHPD,
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
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