Term: Inpatient

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2006-04-19

Definition:

Someone who is admitted and discharged from hospital with a Length of Stay (LOS) of 1 or more days.

Related terms 

• Day Procedure
• Direct Costs of Inpatient Care
• Discharge
• Hospital Abstracts Data
• Inpatient Hospital Care
• Inpatient Hospital Stay
• Inpatient Hospitalization / Inpatient Hospitalizations / Hospitalizations
• Inpatient Proxy
• Length of Stay (LOS)
• Live Birth Service Type
• Medical Days
• Medical Service Type
• Mental Disorders Service Type
• Out of Hospital (OOH)
• Outpatient
• Palliative Service Type
• Pregnancy and Birth Service Type
• Quasi-Equivalent In-Patient Admissions (QEIPA)
• Separation(s)
• Special Care Unit (SCU)
• Stay
• Surgical Days
• Surgical Service Type

References 

• Finlayson G, Reimer J, Dahl M, Stargardter M, McGowan K. The Direct Cost of Hospitalizations in Manitoba, 2005/06. 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, Rajotte L. Who is in our Hospitals.and why? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2013. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Heaman M, Kingston D, Helewa M, Brownell M, Derksen S, Bogdanovic B, McGowan K, Bailly A. Perinatal Services and Outcomes in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] (View)