Term: Outpatient Encounters

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

Includes visits or treatment provided by hospitals to patients on an outpatient basis.

Related terms 

• Outpatient

References 

• Shanahan M, Steinbach C, Burchill C, Friesen D, Black C. A Project to Investigate Provincial Expenditures on Health Care to Manitobans: A POPULIS Project. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1997. [Report] [Summary] (View)