Preventable hospitalizations are defined by a set of indicators developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The rate of potentially preventable hospitalizations in Pennsylvania has declined over the past decade, decreasing from 231 per 10,000 residents in 2001 to 186.9 per 10,000 residents in 2010.
In 2010, potentially preventable hospitalizations were highest for patients with heart failure at 24.8 percent, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma in older adults at 21.1 percent and bacterial pneumonia at 17.4 percent. Medicare fee-for-service paid for 41.8 percent of these potentially preventable hospitalizations in 2010, costing $480 million. Medicaid FFS paid for 3.4 percent at a cost of $41 million.
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