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Primary Care Management - Chronic conditions (change in rate)

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Emergency admissions rate for asthma and diabetes per 100,000 population (age & sex standardised). Change in rate.

Rationale
This indicator reflects the level of potentially avoidable hospitalisation for asthma and diabetes, which should, in most instances, be largely managed in primary care. These conditions are representative of all chronic care management.

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Significantly below average  1  band e - the probability of this level of deterioration happening by chance is less than 1%
Below average  2  band d - the probability of this level of deterioration happening by chance is less than 5% but more than 1%
Average  3  band c - the level of improvement or deterioration is not statistically significant
Above average  4  band b - the probability of this level of improvement happening by chance is less than 5% and greater than 1%
Significantly above average  5  band a - the probability of this level of improvement happening by chance is less than 1%

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