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112 <br />CHILD HEALTH <br />Chart Notes: <br />• Conditions are "ambulatory care sensitive" conditions identified by the Ambulatory Can Access Project, United <br />Hospital Fund of New Yorks See list of disease codes, page 81. <br />• Numerators of the rates are calendar year counts of principal diagnoses (with some exclusions). For Medicaid, <br />numerators are uses identified as Medicaid pay plus "indigent care" and "charity" uses. Many of those cases are <br />found post - discharge to be eligible for Medicaid pay. Counts are by year of discharge using files of the N.C. Medical <br />Database Commission. <br />• Denominators of the total rates are population counts provided by the Office of State Planning. Denominators for <br />the Medicaid rates are federal fiscal year unduplicated counts of Medicaid - eligibles, provided by the Division of <br />Medical Assistance. <br />39 <br />p Access to Health Care in North Carolina <br />II - <br />