Term: Acute Care Hospital Services

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

Measures of health care utilization represented by three separate rates: 1) The rate of hospital admission per 1000 persons, 2) the average length of stay per hospital admission, and 3) total days of hospital care per 1000 persons.

Related terms 

• Health Care Utilization

References 

• Mustard CA, Derksen S, Kozyrskyj A. A Description of the Use of Insured Health Care Services by Income Assistance Recipients in the Province of Manitoba: A Pilot Study. Recipients of Income Assistance for Mental Health Disability. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 2000. [Report] [Summary] (View)