Indicator 30: Low birth weight rate
Type: Avoidable hospitalization/ Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition (ACSC)
Definition: Area level. Number of infants with a birth weight of under 2500 grams per 100 births within area.
Precision: Provider Level Provider Signal
 MeanStd DevStd Dev (1)Share (2)Univariate Ratio (3)MSX R2 (4)
     Unadjusted0.0391080.0231350.0118320.0027200.6710.812
     Demographics--0.0118360.0027220.6710.812

From: APPENDIX 7, Empirical Evaluation Results Tables

Cover of Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators
Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators.
Technical Reviews, No. 4.
Davies SM, Geppert J, McClellan M, et al.
Copyright Notice

NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.