Term: Per Diem (PD)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2005-11-23

Definition:

The daily cost / amount reimbursed for providing services in a specific location.

Related terms 

• Home Care per diem
• Hospital Marginal Costs Per Diem
• Inter-Provincial Per Diem
• Personal Care Home (PCH) Per Diem

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)

Term used in 

• Finlayson G, Ekuma O, Yogendran M, Burland E, Forget E. The Additional Cost of Chronic Disease in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2010. [Report] [Summary] (View)