AHRQ Stats: Preventable Hospital Stays

Potentially preventable hospital stays – those that might be prevented with good outpatient care -- decreased at a faster rate (19 percent) than overall hospital stays (8 percent) between 2005 and 2012. (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #195, Trends in Potentially Preventable Inpatient Hospital Admissions and Emergency Department Visits.)