Term: Costing Methods

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

Methods used to estimate health care costs, such as micro-costing, average costing, or mixed costing.

Related concepts 

• Costing Methods: An Overview of Costing Health Services in Manitoba
• Hospital Costing in the 1990's

Related terms 

• Average Costing
• Micro-Costing
• Mixed Costing
• Standard Cost List
• Top-Down Costing

References 

• Jacobs P, Shanahan M, Roos NP, Farnworth M. Cost List for Manitoba Health Services. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1999. [Report] [Summary] (View)