Definition of allowance for English Language Learners. : 1  an amount of money that is given to someone regularly or for a specific purpose. : 2  a small amount of money that is regularly given to children by their parents. : 3  an amount of something (such as time) that is allowed or available.
category development index (CDI) Category development index (CDI) is an index that is calculated by taking the percentage of a product categoryâs total sales that occur in a given market area as compared to the percentage of the total population in the market.
Case Mix Index (CMI) is a relative value assigned to a diagnosis-related group. (DRG/MSDRG) of patients in a medical care environment. The CMI value is used in. determining the allocation of resources to care for and/or treat the patients in the group. Patients are classified into groups having the same condition (based on Principal and. Secondary Diagnoses, Procedures, Age), complexity (comorbidity) and needs. These.