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health care utilization  

Definition

  • Health care utilization is the use or consumption of health care services and supplies. Operationally, measurement of health care utilization involves the quantification of the expenditure attendant to the use of health care services and supplies for a given population at risk, over a specified period of time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Care Management; Health Care Utilization]

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