Term: Use of Hospitals / Access to Hospitals

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2020-05-20

Definition:

The percent of area residents who were admitted to an acute care hospital at least once in a fiscal year. All inpatient hospitalizations of area residents were included regardless of the location of the hospital; day surgery and outpatient services are excluded. All Manitoba hospitals are included. Personal care homes (PCHs), nursing stations, and long-term care facilities are excluded (Deer Lodge Centre, Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre, Rehabilitation Centre for Children, and Riverview Health Centre). Out-of-province hospitalizations for Manitoba residents are also included. In cases of births, newborn hospitalizations are excluded, but the mother's hospitalization is included.

Values are age- and sex-adjusted to the Manitoba population. This measure gives an indication of the accessibility of hospital care for local residents.

Related concepts 

• Health Indicators: Indicators of Health Status and Healthcare Use

Related terms 

• Hospital Use

References 

• Fransoo R, Martens P, Burland E, The Need to Know Team, Prior H, Burchill C. Manitoba RHA Indicators Atlas 2009. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2009. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)

Term used in 

• Fransoo R, Martens P, The Need to Know Team, Prior H, Burchill C, Koseva I, Bailly A, Allegro E. The 2013 RHA Indicators Atlas. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2013. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Fransoo R, Mahar A, The Need to Know Team, Anderson A, Prior H, Koseva I, McCulloch S, Jarmasz J, Burchill S. The 2019 RHA Indicators Atlas. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2019. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)