Term: Variable Costs

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2005-11-21

Definition:

Expenditures that increase as the level of care required increases. Examples include nursing department and staff activity costs.

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)