ADHS - Hospital inpatient and emergency department = statistics for Asthma

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Hospital inpatient = and=20 emergency room statistics for

All-listed=20 diagnoses

Figure=20 1  Asthma-related emergency room = visits and=20 inpatient discharges by month, Arizona residents, January= =20 2006 - December 2008

Table=20 A  Number of times ICD-9-CM code 493 for = asthma=20 was mentioned in one or more of the diagnostic fields = in the=20 hospital discharge records for Arizona residents, 2008= =20 | 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005= =20 | 2004= =20 | 2003=20 | 2002=20 | 2001=20 | 2000
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Table=20 B  Number of asthma-related* discharges = by=20 race/ethnicity, gender, age group and county of = residence=20 among Arizona residents, 2008= =20 | 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005= =20 | 2004= =20 | 2003=20 | 2002=20 | 2001=20 | 2000
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First-listed=20 diagnosis

Table=20 1  Number of inpatient discharges = with=20 asthma as first-listed diagnosis by age group, gender, = race/ethnicity and county of residence, Arizona, 2008= =20 | 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005= =20 | 2004= =20 | 2003=20 | 2002=20 | 2001=20 | 2000
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Table=20 2  Patient days for inpatient = discharges=20 with asthma as first-listed diagnosis by age group, = gender,=20 race/ethnicity and county of residence, Arizona, 2008= =20 | 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005= =20 | 2004= =20 | 2003=20 | 2002=20 | 2001=20 | 2000
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Table=20 3  Average length of hospital stay = for=20 inpatient discharges with asthma by age group, gender, = race/ethnicity and county of residence, Arizona, 2008= =20 | 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005= =20 | 2004= =20 | 2003=20 | 2002=20 | 2001=20 | 2000
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Table=20 4  Rate of inpatient discharges = with asthma=20 as first-listed diagnosis by gender, age group, = race/ethnicity=20 and county of residence, Arizona, 2008= =20 | 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005= =20 | 2004= =20 | 2003=20 | 2002=20 | 2001=20 | 2000
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Table=20 5  Rate of patient days with asthma = as=20 first-listed diagnosis by gender, age group, = race/ethnicity=20 and county of residence, Arizona, 2008= |=20 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005= =20 | 2004= =20 | 2003=20 | 2002=20 | 2001=20 | 2000
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Hospital = inpatient=20 discharges vs. emergency room = visits

Table=20 6  Emergency room visits and = discharges of=20 inpatients with asthma (ICD-9-CM code 493) by gender, = age=20 group and county, Arizona residents, 2008= |=20 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005= =20 | 2004= =20 | 2003

Table=20 7  Emergency room visits and = discharges of=20 inpatients with asthma (ICD-9-CM code 493) by age = group and=20 county or residence among Arizona children 18 years or = younger, 2008= =20 | 2007= =20 | 2006= =20 | 2005=

Notes:=20 An inpatient discharge occurs when a person who was = admitted=20 to a hospital leaves that hospital. A person who has = been=20 hospitalized more than once in a given calendar year = will be=20 counted multiple times as a discharge and included = more than=20 once in the hospital inpatient discharge data set; = thus, the=20 numbers in this report are for discharges, not = persons. The=20 emergency room (ER) and the inpatient hospitalization = data are=20 mutually exclusive. The ER data include only those who = were=20 not admitted as inpatients. Patient's race/ethnicity = is=20 available for hospital inpatients but not emergency = room=20 visits. All county-level data are based on patient zip = code of=20 residence and not the location of hospitalization. = Federal,=20 military and Department of Veteran Affairs hospitals = are=20 excluded. All discharges are for the residents of = Arizona.=20 Discharges of out-of-state residents are not included = in this=20 report.

The first-listed (or primary = diagnosis) was=20 used to identify the discharges for asthma (ICD-9-CM = code 493)=20 in Tables 1=965. Any mention of ICD-9-CM code 493 was = used to=20 identify asthma-related discharges in Tables A and=20 B.

Prepared and made Web-ready by=20
   Christopher K. Mrela, Ph.D., = Arizona=20 Vital Statistician,
   Clare Torres, = Senior=20 Health Data Analyst

The hospital inpatient=20 discharge data are collected by Cost Reporting and = Hospital=20 Discharge Review Section. For more information see http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/crr/.