Artigo Revisado por pares

Adding Up Provincial Expenditures on Health Care for Manitobans

1999; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 37; Issue: SUPPLEMENT Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00005650-199906001-00009

ISSN

1537-1948

Autores

Marian Shanahan, Carmen Steinbach, Charles Burchill, David Friesen, Charlyn Black,

Tópico(s)

Canadian Policy and Governance

Resumo

Objectives. Using the POPULIS framework, this project estimated health care expenditures across the entire population of Manitoba for inpatient and outpatient hospital utilization, physician visits, mental health inpatient, and nursing home utilization. Research Design. This estimated expenditure information was then used to compare per capita expenditures relative to premature mortality rates across the various areas of Manitoba. Results. Considerable variation in health care expenditures was found, with those areas having high premature mortality rates also having higher health care expenditures.

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