Utilization
Overview
The Utilization report provides a view of the costs of encounters by encounter types, as part of a total cost range, and by cost group.
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Slicers
This report provides filtering options that let you create a set of data, giving you the option of viewing the precise data you want to view.
Entity
The entity drop-down lists all of the clinics, hospitals, and other entities that comprise your institution. You can choose to view all of those entities or select a single entity to view.
Patient type
The patient drops-down lists the ways a patient was seen, such as inpatient or outpatient emergency. The list will show the patient types used in your organization.
Age
The age drop-down lists these age categories: 0-17, 18-49, 50-64, 65-84, and 85+. You can also select all or blank.
Discharge date range
This control lets you select a range of dates of discharge. You can use the slider or, for more precision, click on each date box to choose a date from a calendar.
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Encounters by Total Cost Range
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This bar chart shows the count of cases by cost groups. The cost groups are:
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$0 to $5,000
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$5,001 to $10,000
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$10,001 to $25,000
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$25,001 to $50,000
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$50,001 to $100,000
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More than $100,000
The actual count of cases is shown in the column (when space permits).
Deaths by Total Cost Range
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This bar chart shows deaths in the encounter group by cost range. If no deaths occurred in a cost range, that cost range is not included in the chart.
The actual count of cases is shown in the column (when space permits).
Cost per Case by Cost Group
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This chart groups cases by the cost group and shows the average of the cost of cases for each cost group.
Encounters table
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This table provides data about encounters and cost items.
| Cost Item | Cost items are for an organization. Cost items can be procedures, labs, physical therapy, medications, and other items |
| Encounters | The number of encounters during the discharge date range for the entities, patient types, and age ranges you specified |
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Units |
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| Cost | The total dollar amount for all encounters for a cost item |
| Cost per encounter | The dollar amount per encounter for a cost item |
You can sort this table by any of its columns using the up and down arrows.
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