National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Inflow/outflow: ratio of the number of separations (discharges and deaths) from acute care/same day surgery facilities within a given region by the number of acute care/same day surgery separations generated by residents of that region.

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Inflow/outflow: ratio of the number of separations (discharges and deaths) from acute care/same day surgery facilities within a given region by the number of acute care/same day surgery separations generated by residents of that region.

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Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Health indicators 2010: definitions, data sources and rationale. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); 2010 May. 47 p.

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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Inflow/outflow: ratio of the number of separations (discharges and deaths) from acute care/same day surgery facilities within a given region by the number of acute care/same day surgery separations generated by residents of that region.