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Table 2 Definition of ACSC

From: Underutilized and undertheorized: the use of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions for assessing the extent to which primary healthcare services are meeting needs in British Columbia First Nation communities

 

Conditions

Chronic conditions

Asthma, Angina, Heart Failure and pulmonary edema, Convulsion & Epilepsy, Diabetes with complications, Hypertension, COPD, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Anemia

Vaccine preventable conditions

Diptheria, Hemophilus, Influenza type B, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Influenza, Measles, Meningococcal disease (meningitis), Mumps, Pertussis, Pneumococcal, Poliomyelitis, Pulmonary/other, Tuberculosis, Rubella, Tetanus

Acute conditions

Dental Conditions, Cellulitis, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Gastroenteritis & Dehydration, Severe Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) infections

Mental health conditions

Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders

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BMC Health Services Research

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