Concept: Calculating Hospital Costs Using Cost Per Weighted Case (CPWC) / Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay (CSHS) Values

Concept Description

Last Updated: 2023-10-23

Introduction

Definition of CPWC / CSHS

Data Sources

General Method for Calculating the Cost Per Weighted Case (CPWC) / Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay (CSHS) Value

MCHP Research Using the CPWC Measure

1. Shanahan et al. (1994) and Lloyd et al. (1995)

2. Finlayson et al. (1999)

3. Finlayson et al. (2001)

4. Finlayson et al. (2001)

5. Finlayson et al. (2009)

6. Martens et al. (2015)

MCHP SAS Code Example Using the CPWC Measure

Cost Per Weighted Case (CPWC) / Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay (CSHS) – Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) Methods

Cautions / Limitations

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