Hospital visits through Medicaid
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services collects data on patients under 18 years of age who visited the hospital through Medicaid. This dataset includes information about the number of these visits that were to the Emergency Room, as well as the number of visits that were related to Asthma or Diabetes. If there were fewer than 6 observations, the information is suppressed for privacy reasons.
The table D3-Medicaid houses data on the following columns:
| Columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Under18_Tot | Total number of hospital or ER visits through Medicaid for children (under 18) |
| FivePlus_Tot | Total number of hospital or ER visits through Medicaid for children over 5 |
| Under5_Tot | Total number of hospital or ER visits through Medicaid for children under 5 |
| AsthmaCt | Total number of hospital or ER visits for children through Medicaid related to Asthma |
| Diabetes1Ct | Total number of hospital or ER visits for children through Medicaid related to Type 1 Diabetes |
| Diabetes2Ct | Total number of hospital or ER visits for children through Medicaid related to Type 2 Diabetes |
| DiabetesOtherCt | Total number of hospital or ER visits for children through Medicaid related to other types of Diabetes (excluding Type 1 and 2) |
| Tot_Hosp_Visits | Total number of hospital visits through Medicaid for children under 18 |
| Under5_Hosp | Total number of hospital visits through Medicaid for children under 5 |
| Tot_ER_Visits | Total number of ER visits through Medicaid for children (under 18) |
| FivePlus_ER | Total number of ER visits through Medicaid for children over 5 |
| Under5_ER | Total number of ER visits through Medicaid for children under 5 |
| PctOvr5ER | Percent of total children over 5 who visited the ER through Medicaid |
| PctUndr5ER | Percent of total children under 5 who visited the ER through Medicaid |
| PctAsthma | Percent of total children (under 18) who visited the ER through Medicaid related to Asthma |
| PctDiabetes | Percent of total children (under 18) who visited the ER through Medicaid related to Diabetes |