Ambulatory care sensitive conditions hospitalization for emergencies rates in Colombia

• Autor(a) principal: González-Vélez, Abel E
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Mejía, Claudia Carolina Colmenares, Padilla, Eduardo Low, Marín, Sandra Yadira Moreno, Bobadilla, Paola Andrea Rengifo, Sánchez, Juan Pablo Rueda, Ruget, Mario Arturo Isaza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/158027
• topic: Patient Admission; Emergency Identification; Hospitalization; Emergency Medical Services

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the emergency hospitalizations trend for ambulatory care sensitive conditions between 2011 and 2015 in a health insureance company of the Colombian Social Security General System. METHODS: A log-linear analysis based on age-adjusted hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the Entidad Promotora de Salud Sanitas was used to estimate the annual percentage change in these rates and to identify joinponts of the rates. Data was collected from administrative sources. RESULTS: There were 38,530 hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in 26,501 Entidad Promotora de Salud Sanitas enrollees, with a significant decrease in hospitalization rates. The annual percentage change estimated for the period was -9.5% with no significant joinpoints throughout the time interval. CONCLUSIONS: A significant reduction in hospital admissions due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Entidad Promotora de Salud Sanitas enrollees were reported for the last five years in this study.