OBJECTIVE: Quality of care for comorbid physical disorders in @entity146 @entity1 can be assessed by the number of avoidable admissions for ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) conditions. These are admissions for physical conditions that, with appropriate primary care, should not require inpatient treatment. Avoidable admissions for ACS conditions feature prominently in Australia's National Health Performance Framework and have been used to assess health care provision for marginalized groups, such as Indigenous @entity1 or those of lower socioeconomic status. They have not been applied to @entity1 with @entity1032 . METHODS: A population-based, record-linkage analysis was used to measure ACS admissions for @entity74 in @entity146 @entity1 of state-based facilities in Queensland, Australia, during 5 years. RESULTS: There were 77 435 males (48.0%) and 83 783 females (52%) (total n = 161 218). Among these, 13 219 @entity146 @entity1 (8.2%) had at least 1 ACS admission, the most common being for @entity6 (n = 6086) and @entity951 (n = 2620). Age-standardized rates were double those of the general population. Within the @entity146 group, and after adjusting for confounders, those who had ever been @entity146 inpatients experienced the highest rates of ACS admissions, especially for @entity6 . CONCLUSIONS: In common with other marginalized groups, @entity146 @entity1 have increased ACS admissions. Therefore, this measure could be used as an indicator of difficulties in access to appropriate primary care in Canada, given the availability of similar administrative data.

Using Avoidable Admissions to Measure Quality of Care for Cardiometabolic and Other Physical Comorbidities of XXXX : A Population-Based, Record-Linkage Analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'people'] @entity1032 :: ('MESH:D008607', 'Disease') :: ['mental illness'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric'] @entity951 :: ('MESH:D000787', 'Disease') :: ['angina'] @entity74 :: ('MESH:D030342', 'Disease') :: ['physical disorder']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['Psychiatric Disorders']
