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. 2019:53:36.
doi: 10.11606/S1518-8787.2019053000563. Epub 2019 May 6.

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions hospitalization for emergencies rates in Colombia

Abel E González-Vélez  1 , Claudia Carolina Colmenares Mejía  2 , Eduardo Low Padilla  3 , Sandra Yadira Moreno Marín  4 , Paola Andrea Rengifo Bobadilla  5 , Juan Pablo Rueda Sánchez  6 , Mario Arturo Isaza Ruget  7
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Ambulatory care sensitive conditions hospitalization for emergencies rates in Colombia

Abel E González-Vélez et al. Rev Saude Publica. 2019.

Abstract

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.

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Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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