Term: Occasional Patients

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2006-11-02

Definition:

Patients attending a health care provider who receive most of their care from another
provider. They are considered core patients of the other provider.

Related terms 

• Core Patients
• Referral Index (RI)

References 

• Frohlich N, Katz A, De Coster C, Dik N, Soodeen RA, Watson D, Bogdanovic B. Profiling Primary Care Physician Practice in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2006. [Report] [Summary] (View)