Table 1

Conditions included in the PAH, PAHHE, crowding and MoH groups and association with social/environmental variables

Condition	ICD codes	Associated social/environmental variables1	PAH group	PAHHE group	Crowding group	MoH group
Acute bronchiolitis	J21	Social policy Housing/physical environment Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Acute rheumatic fever	I00–I02	Social policy Housing/physical environment Access to primary care Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bacterial meningitis	G00, G01	Housing/physical environment Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bacterial/unspecified pneumonia	J13–J16, J18	Social policy Housing/physical environment Access to primary care Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bronchiectasis	J47	Social policy Housing/physical environment Access to primary care Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sepsis due to group A streptococcus	A400	Housing/physical environment22	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Meningococcal disease (includes meningococcal meningitis)	A39	Social policy Housing/physical environment Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Viral/other/unspecified meningitis	A87, G02, G03	Social policy Ethnic disparities	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Viral pneumonia	J12, J100, J110	Social policy Housing/physical environment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Acute nephritic syndrome	N00, N05	Housing/physical environment42	Yes	No	No	Yes
Acute upper respiratory tract infection excluding croup	J00–J03, J06	Housing/physical environment Access to primary care	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Asthma	J45, J46	Social policy Housing/physical environment Access to primary care Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Croup, acute laryngitis, tracheitis	J04 J050	Access to primary care	Yes	No	Yes	No
Dermatitis/eczema	L20–L30	Social policy Access to primary care Ethnic disparities	Yes	No	No	No
Febrile convulsions	R560	Access to primary care Ethnic disparities	Yes	No	No	No
Gastroenteritis	A00–A09, R11, K529	Access to primary care Health promotion	Yes	No	Yes	No
Nutritional deficiency	E40–E64, D50–D53	Social policy Access to primary care Health promotion	Yes	No	No	No
Otitis media	H65–H67	Social policy Housing/physical environment Access to primary care Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Skin infection	L00–L05, L08, L980, J340, H010, H000	Social policy Housing/physical environment Access to primary care Health promotion Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	No	No
Tuberculosis	A15-A19	Social policy Housing/physical environment Ethnic disparities	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Vaccine preventable diseases (tetanus neonatorum, congenital rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B, measles, rubella, mumps)	P350, A33, A34, A35, A36, A37, A80, B16, B180, B181, B05, B06, B26, M014	Social policy Access to primary care Health promotion	Yes	No	No	No
Viral infection of unspecified site	B34	Housing/physical environment Access to primary care	Yes	Yes	No	No
Constipation	K590	Access to primary care	Yes	No	No	No
Dental (dental caries, pulp, periodontal)	K02, K04, K05	Social policy Access to primary care Health promotion	Yes	No	No	No
Gastro-oesophageal reflux	K21	Access to primary care	Yes	No	No	No
Osteomyelitis	M86	Ethnic disparities	Yes	No	No	No
Rheumatic heart disease	I05–I099	Social policy Access to primary care Ethnic disparities	Yes	No	No	No

1As identified by Anderson et al. (2012) unless otherwise cited.
ICD, International Classification of Diseases; MoH, Ministry of Health; PAH,potentially avoidable hospitalisation; PAHHE, potentially avoidable hospitalisations attributable (at least in part) to the home environment.