Term: Hospital Location: Where RHA Residents Were Hospitalized - Days

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2020-05-20

Definition:

The percent of all hospital days used by the residents of each health region/RHA that occurred in:

a hospital within their (home) RHA,
another RHA,
in Winnipeg, or
out-of-province.

If a patient is transferred between hospitals, each stay is counted as a separate event and the days spent in each hospital are attributed to that hospital's location. Area residence was assigned based on the patient's postal code provided in the hospital abstract at the time of hospitalization.

For more information, see:

section 7.8 Hospital Location: Where RHA Residents Were Hospitalized - Days in Fransoo et al. (2009)
section 7.13 Hospital Location: Where RHA Residents Were Hospitalized - Days in Fransoo et al. (2013)
section 7.12 Hospital Location: Where RHA Residents Were Hospitalized - Days in Hospital in Fransoo et al. (2019)

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References

Fransoo R, Martens P, Burland E, The Need to Know Team, Prior H, Burchill C. Manitoba RHA Indicators Atlas 2009. 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, Bailly A, Allegro E. The 2013 RHA Indicators Atlas. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2013. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
Fransoo R, Mahar A, The Need to Know Team, Anderson A, Prior H, Koseva I, McCulloch S, Jarmasz J, Burchill S. The 2019 RHA Indicators Atlas. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2019. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)