This article compares resource intensity weight costs with case costs for selected patient groups at St. Paul's Hospital, British Columbia. Analysis found that average case costs for surgical patients were 23.9% higher than their resource intensity weight costs, whereas case costs for non-surgical patients were 14.8% lower. Average case costs for patients receiving surgical implants were 32.8% higher than resource intensity weight costs. For patients receiving internal defibrillators average case costs were three times higher.
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