Costa Andrew P, Poss Jeffery W, McKillop Ian
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Veterans Hill Trail, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Healthc Manage Forum. 2015 Jan;28(1):12-15. doi: 10.1177/0840470414551866.
Case mix classifications are the frameworks that underlie many healthcare funding schemes, including the so-called activity-based funding. Now more than ever, Canadian healthcare administrators are evaluating case mix-based funding and deciphering how they will influence their organization. Case mix is a topic fraught with technical jargon and largely relegated to government agencies or private industries. This article provides an abridged review of case mix classification as well as its implications for management in healthcare.
病例组合分类是许多医疗保健资金计划的基础框架，包括所谓的基于活动的资金计划。如今，加拿大医疗保健管理人员比以往任何时候都更在评估基于病例组合的资金计划，并解读它们将如何影响其组织。病例组合是一个充满技术术语的话题，在很大程度上属于政府机构或私营行业的范畴。本文对病例组合分类及其对医疗保健管理的影响进行了简要回顾。
