ACSC Indicator: testing reliability for hypertension.

Robin L WalkerWilliam A GhaliGuanmin ChenTej K KhalsaBirinder K MangatNorm R C CampbellElijah DixonDoreen RabiNathalie JetteRobyn DhanoaHude Quan

Published in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2017)

This study found a low proportion of ACSC hospitalization were rated as avoidable, with poor to fair agreement of judgment between physician raters. This suggests that the validity and utility of this health indicator is questionable. It points to a need to abandon the use of ACSC entirely; or alternatively to work on the development of explicit criteria for judging avoidability of hospitalization for ACSC such as hypertension.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
healthcare
public health
emergency department
primary care
mental health
health information
climate change
health promotion
arterial hypertension
human health