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ADULT HEALTH <br />20. North Carolina's poor adults have higher rates <br />of preventable hospitalizations* <br />Bacterial . 1 1 1 <br />pneumonia U0.4 <br />kim I I Total <br />Cellulitis °•6 12 1 I discharges <br />I 1 I 1 <br />Kidne /urina it Medicaid <br />Y rY . i 0.9 discharges <br />infections 2.6 s , 9 , <br />Dehydration 0.4 ' ' <br />10.9 <br />Gastroenteritis 1 <br />1 1 <br />Asthma ' .... 1.1 <br />3.7 <br />COPD (Chronic Obstructive iy' 0,7 , <br />Pulmonary Disease) IIiW®12 <br />Congestive 1.3 1 I <br />heart failure LL . 3.7 <br />� 'gyp 9 <br />Angina . V 1.5 ' <br />Diabetes 1.3 <br />3.5 <br />, , <br />0 1 2 3 4 5 <br />Discharges per 1,000 people ages 21-64,1990-92 <br />• Potend* avoidable with adequate and timely care. <br />Chart Notes: <br />• Conditions are "ambulatory care sensitive" conditions identified by the Ambulatory Care Access Project, United <br />Hospital Fund of New York.' 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 cases identified as Medicaid pay plus "indigent care" and "charity" cases. Many of those cases are <br />found post - discharge to be eligible for Medicaid pay. Counts are by year of discharge using 1990 -1993 files of the <br />N.C. Medical 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 />Access to Health Care in North Carolina 49 <br />121 <br />