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Health care systems that can reduce the probability of ambulatory care\u2013sensitive condition (ACSC) hospitalization among older populations are needed.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To comprehensively assess the association between regional factors and the probability of ACSC hospitalization among older adults and the extent to which regional factors explain this probability.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n A retrospective cohort study in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan, focused on participants aged 65 years or older who were covered by community-based or older-age health insurance (all adults aged 72 years and older) and had at least 2 medical visits between July and December 2022. The patients were followed up until December 2023.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposure<\/jats:title>\n Explanatory variables included municipal-level factors of residence categorized according to the Andersen behavioral model, which conceptualizes health service use as a function of predisposing, enabling, and need factors. At the municipal level, 9 predisposing, 11 enabling, and 10 need factors were included.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The primary outcome was the binary variable of whether an individual was hospitalized for ACSCs between January and December 2023.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Among the 1\u202f272\u202f960 participants (median [IQR] age, 78 [73-84] years; 762\u202f118 [59.9%] women), 51\u202f623 (4.1%) had ACSC hospitalizations: 9492 for acute conditions, 41\u202f271 for chronic conditions, and 3779 for vaccine-preventable conditions. A multilevel logistic regression analysis with individuals for level 1 and municipalities for level 2 revealed that 6.0% of the variance was attributable to municipal factors. Lower odds of hospitalization were associated with more clinics (odds ratio [OR], 0.933; 95% CI, 0.881-0.988), long-term care rehabilitation beds (OR, 0.996; 95% CI, 0.993-0.999), and higher financial power (OR, 0.359; 95% CI, 0.236-0.548); home care support clinics showed a similar direction (OR, 0.807; 95% CI, 0.636-1.024). Higher odds were associated with more nursing home beds (OR, 1.004; 95% CI, 1.000-1.009), a higher proportion of older adults living alone (OR, 1.073; 95% CI, 1.032-1.116), and a higher income (OR, 1.0004; 95% CI, 1.0001-1.0006).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this cohort study of older adults in Japan, ACSC hospitalizations were less likely in municipalities with more outpatient, in-home, and rehabilitation care resources and stronger financial capacity and more likely in those with more nursing home beds, greater social isolation, and higher income levels.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2025.49457","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,12]],"date-time":"2025-12-12T16:30:30Z","timestamp":1765557030000},"page":"e2549457","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Regional Factors and Ambulatory Care\u2013Sensitive Condition Hospitalizations in Older Japanese 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