title: The relative cost of inpatient care in Manitoba's largest hospitals.
abstract: Comparative information from 1991/92 to 1997/98 regarding an indicator of the relative financial performance of teaching, urban community and major rural hospitals in Manitoba is presented. Results suggest that the acuity and complexity of patients in teaching and urban community hospitals was similar in 1997/98, and that teaching facilities had higher inpatient care costs in all time periods, even after accounting for differences in case-mix, physician remuneration, capital expenditures and the direct costs of teaching programs.
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finlayson
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008350:Manitoba