Term: Avoidable Hospitalization For Immunizable and Preventable Infections

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

Hospitalization for primary diagnosis of: congenital syphilis, whooping cough (ICD-9-CM code=033) in children > 3 months old (principal or secondary diagnosis); measles (055), mumps (072), rubella (056) in children > 1 years old; tetanus (037); polio (045); rheumatic fever (390, 391); diphtheria (032); and Hemophilus meningitis (3200) or epiglottises (4643) in children < 5 years old.

Related terms 

• Primary Diagnosis
• Principal Diagnosis
• Syphilis

References 

• Brownell M, Martens PJ, Kozyrskyj A, Fergusson P, Lerfald J, Mayer T, Derksen S, Friesen D. Assessing the Health of Children in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 2001. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Brownell M, Roos NP, Fransoo R, Guevremont A, MacWilliam L, Derksen S, Dik N, Bogdanovic B, Sirski M. How Do Educational Outcomes Vary With Socioeconomic Status? Key Findings from the Manitoba Child Health Atlas 2004. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2004. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)