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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

an indicator guage with the arrow in the green the value is in the best half of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

gray chart bars No data on significance available

Chronic Preventable Hospitalizations

City/Place: Union City

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This indicator shows the number of preventable hospitalizations for chronic diseases per 100,000 population.

Why is this important?

“Preventable hospitalizations” are inpatient hospital stays that could have been avoided with improved access to and quality of outpatient care. They are measured by prevention quality indicators (PQIs). PQI #92, the chronic composite, is a summary measure which captures preventable hospitalizations from diabetes-related, respiratory –related and circulatory system–related preventable hospitalizations for adults, such as uncontrolled diabetes, asthma, and heart failure.

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City/Place: Union City

737.8

per 100,000 population

Source: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD)
Measurement period: 2009-2011
Maintained by: Alameda County Public Health Department
Last update: October 2014

Filter(s) for this location: County: Alameda, State: California

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