title: Modelling net expenditure of hospitals in the Cape Province.
abstract: Modelling the net expenditure of provincial hospitals in the Cape Province during 1989/90 on the number of inpatient days and outpatient visits (emergencies included) showed that on average the cost of a single outpatient visit is equivalent to 43% of the cost of an inpatient day in small hospitals. In specialist and academic hospitals this proportion increases to 70%. The current proportion of 33% used in the standardisation of hospitals is therefore inadequate. Multiple regression can be used to estimate the expected net expenditure for each hospital, which can then be used as a reference value. The need for separate accounting and reporting of the expenditure on outpatients is identified.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biostatistics of the South African Medical Research Council, Parowvallei.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lombard
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Stegman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barnard
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017059:Models, Econometric; D013019:South Africa