Term: Utilization of Physician Resources

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

A module of the Population Health Information System that examines Manitoba's utilization of physician resources. This includes access to physicians, overall patterns of visits to physicians, and expenditures on physician visits. Analyses are limited to physician services delivered to ambulatory patients and thus exclude contacts for hospitalized individuals.

Related terms 

• Access to Physician Services
• Ambulatory Physician Expenditures Per Resident
• Ambulatory Physician Visits
• Consultative Care
• Contacts With Physicians
• Expenditures Per Ambulatory Physician Visit
• Health Care Utilization
• Indicators of Need
• Location of Care (Received)
• Non-Consultative Care
• Physician Claims Exclusions
• Physician Specialties
• Physician Supply
• Population-Based Health Information System (POPULIS)
• Region of Residence
• Type Of Care By Physicians
• Visit Intensity
• Visits Per 100 Residents
• Visits Per Patient

References 

• Frohlich N, Markesteyn T, Roos NP, Carriere KC, Black C, De Coster C, Burchill CA, MacWilliam L. A Report on the Health Status, Socio-Economic Risk and Health Care Use of the Manitoba Population, 1992-93 and Overview of the 1990-91 to 1992-93 Findings. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1994. [Report] [Summary] (View)