A five year descriptive analysis of potentially preventable hospitalisations for Ear, Nose, and Throat conditions in regional Victoria, Australia, from 2015 to 2020

BMC Public Health

Research

Stephen Begg¹  Evelien Spelten¹  Susan O’Neill¹ 

[1] Department of Community and Allied Health, La Trobe University, La Trobe Rural Health School, 3550, Bendigo, VIC, Australia;

关键词: Ear;    Nose;    Throat;    ENT;    Descriptive analysis;    Potentially preventable hospitalisations;    PPH;    Quantitative study;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-023-16448-3

 received in 2022-07-05, accepted in 2023-08-03,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPotentially preventable hospitalisations of ear, nose, and throat conditions in the Murray Primary Health Network region have been found to be higher than the state average of Victoria, Australia. This study aimed to examine the association between selected patient-level characteristics and the likelihood of residing in a Murray PHN postcode with higher than expected numbers of potentially preventable ENT hospitalisations.MethodsUnit record hospital separation data were obtained from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset. Postcodes were classified as having higher than expected numbers of potentially preventable hospitalisations across three subgroups of ENT using indirect standardisation techniques. Differences between patients from ‘higher than expected’ postcodes and ‘other’ postcodes with respect to the distribution of demographic and other patient characteristics were determined using chi-squared tests for each ENT subgroup. The results were confirmed by logistic regression analyses using resident of a postcode with higher than expected hospitalisations as the outcome variable.ResultsOf the 169 postcodes located in the catchment area, 15 were identified as having higher than expected numbers of upper respiratory tract infection hospitalisations, 14 were identified for acute tonsillitis, and 12 were identified for otitis media. Patients from postcodes with ‘higher than expected’ hospitalisations for these conditions were more likely than others to be aged between 0 and 9 years, Indigenous, or from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.ConclusionFurther investigation of the identified postcodes is warranted to determine access to and utilisation of primary healthcare services in the management of PPH ENT conditions in the region.

【 授权许可】

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