Utilization

A numerical measure of use of a single service or type of service, such as hospital care, prescriptionThe means of acquiring incorporeal interests in land, usually an easement, by immemorial or long continued drugs, or doctor services, by a given population group over a given period of time.

Utilization

Patterns of usage for single medical service or type of service (hospital care, prescriptionThe means of acquiring incorporeal interests in land, usually an easement, by immemorial or long continued drugs, physician visits). Measurement of utilization of all medical services in combinationWhen two or more parcels are combined into one parcel. usually is done in termsThe specific conditions of a loan, including the requirements governing receipt and repayment of a loan. of dollar expenditures. Use is expressed in rates per unit of population at riskThis word has two meanings for insurers: (1) the chance of loss such as from a peril; and (2) the person for a given period, such as number of annual admissions to a hospital per 1,000 persons over age 65.

Utilization

The patterns of use of a service or type of service within a specified time, usually expressed in a rateThe pricing factor upon which the insurance buyer's premium is based. per unit of population-at-riskThis word has two meanings for insurers: (1) the chance of loss such as from a peril; and (2) the person for a given period (e.g., the number of hospital admissions per year per 1,000 persons in a geographic area.)