This measure provides the average relative cost weight for a single inpatient hospital stay. It is largely related to the types of cases that make up the hospital’s patient population and to the kinds of services provided by the hospital.
The average relative cost weight value derived from patient-specific case-cost data
This measure is one component of a hospital’s profile. There are no desirable results for this measure.
Data availability: (fiscal years)
Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories
Reporting level
Facility
Calculation
The sum of the RIW values divided by the total number of contributing cases.
Denominator
Total number of inpatient cases with a valid RIW value.
Numerator
Sum of RIWs
Comments
Not applicable