The rate of avoidable hospitalizations with hypertension was far higher for blacks in 2012 than it was among other races/ethnicities, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported.
That year, the rate for blacks was 200 admissions per 100,000 population, compared with 67 per 100,000 for Hispanics, 39 for whites, and 29 for Asians/Pacific Islanders, according to data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators.
“Hospitalizations due to ambulatory care–sensitive conditions such as hypertension … should be largely prevented if ambulatory care is provided in a timely and effective manner,” the AHRQ noted in its 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report–Chartbook on Care Coordination.
