[Table, Empirical Evaluation Results Tables]. - Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators

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Indicator 20: Perforated appendix admission rate
Type: Avoidable hospitalization/ Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition (ACSC)
Definition: Area level. Number of admissions for perforated appendix per 100 admissions for appendicitis within an area.
Precision:	Provider Level		Provider Signal
	Mean	Std Dev	Std Dev (1)	Share (2)	Univariate Ratio (3)	MSX R² (4)
Unadjusted	0.332740	0.144097	0.032117	0.004604	0.308	0.436
Demographics	-	-	0.027529	0.003387	0.265	0.394

Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators.

Technical Reviews, No. 4.

Davies SM, Geppert J, McClellan M, et al.

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