Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.40
Re-attendance rate for asthma within 28 days, all ages, New South Wales and Victoria, 2000–03
Note: Asthma classified according to ICD-10-AM codes J45 & J46.
Sources: NSW Inpatients Statistical Collection and NSW Emergency Department Data Collection, Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health; Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED) and Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD), Victorian Department of Human Services.
Data table
| Health service attendance | Re-admitted to hospital |
Re-visited ED |
95% CI of stacked bar |
| Admitted to hospital | 5.1 | 1.9 | (6.8–7.2) |
| Visited ED | 2.8 | 5.1 | (7.7–8.1) |
| Admitted to hospital or visited ED | 4.4 | 3.5 | (7.8–8.0) |
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