Indicator 18: Bacterial pneumonia admission rate
Type: Avoidable hospitalization/ Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition (ACSC)
Definition: Area level. Number of admissions for bacterial pneumonia per 100,000 population.
Precision: Provider Level Provider Signal
 MeanStd DevStd Dev (1)Share (2)Univariate Ratio (3)MSX R2 (4)
     Unadjusted0.0039560.0020850.0009710.0003430.9320.933
     Demographics--0.0009480.0003260.9290.931

From: APPENDIX 7, Empirical Evaluation Results Tables

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