Table 3.

Percentage (%) of admissions with Principal Diagnoses falling under CMS-defined Potentially Avoidable Conditions

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Overall
Number of admissions	n = 783	n = 924	n = 964	n =1160	n = 1427	N = 5258
Non-avoidable	65.9	66.3	64.8	60.5	60.2	63.0
Potentially avoidable*	34.1	33.7	35.2	39.5	39.8	37.0
* Institutional and non-institutional settings + institutional settings only conditions
Conditions for both institutional and non-institutional settings
Overall	18.1	17.9	21.8	24.0	22.1	21.1
Congestive heart failure	5.0	4.4	5.8	6.7	7.4	6.1
COPD, chronic bronchitis, and asthma	4.3	4.9	6.8	6.6	4.3	5.4
Urinary tract infection	3.6	2.7	3.1	3.6	4.8	3.7
Dehydration, volume depletion including acute renal failure and hyponatremia	2.6	3.6	3.2	4.1	2.5	3.2
Hypertension and hypotension	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	1.1	1.3
Seizures	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.8
Poor glycemic control	0.3	0	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.3
Constipation, fecal impaction, and obstipation	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2
Weight loss (failure to thrive) and nutritional deficiencies	0.3	0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.2
Conditions for institutional settings only
Overall	16.0	15.8	13.4	15.5	17.7	15.8
Falls and trauma	6.0	6.8	4.4	6.6	7.9	6.5
Pneumonia and bronchitis (lower respiratory illness)	4.6	4.5	4.4	5.0	4.8	4.7
Skin ulcers and cellulitis	2.6	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.8	2.0
Diarrhea, gastroenteritis, and C.difficile	2.2	1.6	2.1	1.4	2.2	1.9
Anemia	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.5
Psychosis, severe agitation, and organic brain syndrome	0.3	0.1	0	0	0.4	0.2
Altered mental status, acute confusion, and delirium	0.1	0.1	0	0.2	0.2	0.1

* Institutional and non-institutional settings + institutional settings only conditions