Table 5.

Unadjusted and Standardized Rates of Potentially Avoidable Hospitalisations for ACSC by Care Structure and Intraclass Correlation Coefficients for the Levels of Analysis

	Unadjusted Median Overall Rate per 100,000 Adult Inhabitants (IQR)	ICC 1 for HSA with Unadjusted Rates (95% CI)	ICC 1 for Canton with Unadjusted Rates (95% CI)	Age and Sex Standardized Median Overall Rate per 100,000 Adult Inhabitants (IQR)	ICC 1 for HSA with Age and Sex Standardized Rates (95% CI)	ICC 1 for Canton with Age and Sex Standardized Rates (95% CI)
Overall rates of PAH for ACSC in Switzerland	489 (396–592)	0.29 (0.19–0.39)	0.35 (0.19–0.48)	527 (432–620)	0.16 (0.09–0.25)	0.20 (0.09–0.31)
Rates of PAH for ACSC from Home	468 (385–571)	0.32 (0.21–0.41)	0.38 (0.22–0.51)	475 (393–564)	0.19 (0.11–0.28)	0.26 (0.13–0.39)
Rates of PAH for ACSC from Nursing Homes	19 (5–39)	0.18 (0.10–0.27)	0.17 (0.07–0.27)	18 (0–36)	0.16 (0.09–0.25)	0.13 (0.05–0.24)
Rates of PAH for ACSC from Home Care	0 (0–16)	0.51 (0.39–0.60)	0.28 (0.15–0.41)	0 (0–15)	0.52 (0.40–0.61)	0.34 (0.19–0.49)

Legend: 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval / ACSC Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition / PAH Potentially Avoidable Hospitalisation / HSA Hospital Service Area ICC 1 Intraclass Correlation Coefficient 1 / IQR Interquartile Range.