EXHIBIT 2.

Hospitalization rates for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions for Cuyahoga County and five merged comparator counties with fitted linear trends, 2003–14

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the Ohio Hospital Association. NOTES The pre period (before the initiation of the Better Health Partnership) was 2003–08; the first post period (after the initiation) was 2009–11 and the second post period was 2012–14. The trend lines project the hospitalization rates in the pre period through the post period. The difference in pre-period trends was nonsignificant. During the two post periods, hospitalization rates declined significantly more in Cuyahoga County relative to the comparator counties.