Table 17. Adult non-obstetric inpatient admissions at Indian Health Service and Tribal hospitals classified as sensitive to ambulatory services. a Fiscal year 2010
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| Inpatient admissions by type of condition | Adult non-obstetric admissions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All adults | Adults with diabetes or CVD | Adults without diabetes or CVD | |
| Percent | Percent | Percent | |
| Admissions for conditions sensitive to ambulatory services | |||
| Acute conditions | 49.4% | 43.7% | 76.2% |
| Dehydration | 5.3% | 4.8% | 7.6% |
| Bacterial pneumonia | 28.3% | 25.6% | 40.9% |
| Urinary Infection | 15.9% | 13.3% | 27.8% |
| Chronic conditions | 50.6% | 56.3% | 23.8% |
| Diabetes, short-term complications | 5.4% | 6.6% | 0.0% |
| Diabetes, long-term complications | 15.6% | 18.9% | 0.0% |
| Diabetes, uncontrolled | 2.4% | 3.0% | 0.0% |
| Hypertension | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.2% |
| Congestive heart failure | 9.7% | 11.8% | 0.0% |
| Angina | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Asthma in adults under 40 years of age | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| COPD or asthma in adults 40 years of age and older | 1.6% | 0.5% | 6.7% |
| Total Admissions for chronic and acute conditions | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Chronic and acute conditions | 23.4% | 30.8% | 11.0% |
| Other: Perforated appendix | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| All conditions sensitive to ambulatory services | 23.9% | 31.1% | 11.7% |
| Admissions for conditions not sensitive to ambulatory services | 76.1% | 68.9% | 88.3% |
| All adult non-obstetric admissions | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
a Software developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was used to identify ambulatory sensitive hospital admissions, which are defined as admissions that may be prevented with access to and use of outpatient services. Obstetric admissions and admissions for patients aged 17 years and younger were excluded from this analysis. Two sites are not included in these analyses as they do not provide inpatient services.
CVD: Cardiovascular disease
