Health Status & Disparities

Health Status & Disparities:

Preventable Hospitalizations

Preventable hospitalizations continue to decline in every county, although are higher than the national rate in many counties.

Preventable hospitalizations are an important measure of whether people with preventable health conditions are receiving effective care and avoiding hospital stays. This is a measure of how well the overall public health and health care systems are proactively addressing preventable conditions. The data reported here applies to Medicare recipients.

The data presented here indicates that between 2010 and 2014, preventable hospitalizations declined in every county, as well as both states and the nation. However, with the exceptions of Johnson and Platte counties, the preventable hospitalization rates are higher than the rate nationally.

Hospital discharge rates are declining in most counties.

Hospital discharges are one way to measure the prevalence of certain health conditions and how this prevalence is changing over time. The data shows that discharge rates are declining for both states and most counties for heart disease, cancer and respiratory disease. That is also the case for most counties for mental disorder discharges. Discharges related to pregnancy are also declining for most locations.

Hospitalization Discharges for Selected Diagnoses

Rate per 10,000 population	Heart and Circulation			Mental Disorders			Neoplasms - malignant (Cancer)			Pregnancy - Childbirth - Reproduction			Respiratory (throat and lung)
	2014	2010	Percent Change	2014	2010	Percent Change	2014	2010	Percent Change	2014	2010	Percent Change	2014	2010	Percent Change
State of Kansas	122	140	-13.3%	63	68	-7.2%	32	39.6	-19.7%	87	145	-7.3%	135	100	-13.2%
State of Missouri	154	195	-20.9%	136	130	4.4%	28	34.8	-18.4%	104	143	-4.6%	137	118	-11.7%
Allen	90	124	-27.3%	61	70	-12.9%	47	38.3	23.0%	96	120	14.6%	137	135	-29.0%
Johnson	113	140	-18.8%	48	54	-11.2%	33	39.5	-15.9%	66	143	-5.6%	135	73	-9.7%
Leavenworth	152	171	-11.1%	68	88	-22.6%	33	37.5	-13.1%	78	140	-8.7%	128	100	-22.1%
Miami	126	118	6.4%	34	42	-21.0%	32	42	-24.5%	78	130	1.9%	132	76	3.0%
Wyandotte	226	229	-1.1%	67	78	-14.1%	44	54.5	-18.5%	118	186	1.3%	188	127	-6.6%
Cass	148	178	-16.8%	111	110	1.0%	29	32.33	-11.7%	104	145	0.0%	145	105	-1.5%
Clay	150	216	-30.3%	106	117	-9.3%	34	37.8	-10.2%	108	159	-8.7%	145	130	-16.6%
Jackson	184	199	-7.8%	138	161	-13.9%	3	34.25	-11.9%	119	161	-4.7%	154	114	4.8%
Lafayette	160	179	-10.8%	102	129	-21.5%	35	30.39	14.1%	143	164	-10.5%	146	140	2.6%
Platte	120	157	-23.6%	83	95	-12.0%	27	31.15	-12.1%	76	148	-13.0%	128	93	-18.3%
Ray	154	225	-31.5%	80	109	-26.6%	38	38.86	-2.9%	125	135	-12.2%	118	161	-22.4%

Source: Kansas Information for Communities and Missouri Information for Community Assessment