What does the term Casemix mean?
A. Casemix is an information tool involving the use of scientific methods to build and make use of classifications of patient care episodes. In popular usage, casemix is the mix of types of patients treated by a hospital or other health care facility (Eagar and Hindle 1994). Casemix is about the relationship between hospital’s activity and costs, and makes use of data about classifications that are clinically meaningful and explain variation in resource use.
