Data Brief: Avoidable Emergency Department Visits Vary Widely Across California
The data includes a broader range of geographic units of analysis than have previously been made available in HPD public reports, in addition to other measures.
- Geography: County, Covered California Region, Public Health Region, California Assembly District, California Senate District, California Congressional District
- Demographics: Age Band, Sex
- Payer Type: Commercial, Medi-Cal, Medicare
- Measures: Prevalence of 23 chronic conditions, total emergency department (ED) visits, avoidable ED visits
Resources
4 resources available
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HPD Avoidable ED Visits Data (2023)
XLSX -
Data Dictionary - HPD Avoidable ED Visits Data (2023)
CSV -
All resource data
ZIP -
HCAI Technical Note for Producing Healthcare Payments Data (HPD) Measures Report 2018 - 2021 Data
PDF
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| distribution |
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| identifier | 5d890ea2-84da-40b7-8550-726984336554 |
| issued | 2025-06-30T17:45:39.433791 |
| keyword |
[ "Age", "Chronic Conditions", "Emergency Department Visits", "Geocoding", "Payer Type", "Sex", "department of health care access and information" ] |
| license | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by |
| modified | 2025-11-07T00:11:29.963331 |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Department of Health Care Access and Information", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| theme |
[ "Health and Human Services" ] |
| title | Data Brief: Avoidable Emergency Department Visits Vary Widely Across California |
