Journal of health services research & policy
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J Health Serv Res Policy · Oct 2000
ReviewConditions for which onset or hospital admission is potentially preventable by timely and effective ambulatory care.
To identify, using a consensus development process, a list of common conditions likely to be ambulatory care sensitive (ACS); i.e. conditions for which practicable improvements in access to timely and effective ambulatory care in the English National Health Service would either reduce the incidence of the condition or avoid substantial proportions of current hospital admissions. ⋯ Although a consensus-based list of ACS conditions cannot be definitive, the clear view of the panels was that the scope for avoiding admission through better ambulatory care is very substantial.