Term: Inpatient Proxy

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

A method of calculating outpatient dollars for each hospital based on inpatient discharges from the hospital. For example, if a population in a RHA had 60% of a given hospital's inpatient cases, that RHA was allocated 60% of the hospital's outpatient costs.

Related terms 

• Combined Method
• Inpatient
• Inpatient Hospital Care
• Outpatient Hospital Expenditures
• Regional Health Authority (RHA)

References 

• Shanahan M, Steinbach C, Burchill C, Friesen D, Black C. A Project to Investigate Provincial Expenditures on Health Care to Manitobans: A POPULIS Project. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1997. [Report] [Summary] (View)