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Acute Health Division
Department of Human Services
Victoria, Australia

Report of the

Ministerial Working Party

on Home Enteral Nutrition

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Contents

Foreword

List of Appendices

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Maps

Acknowledgements

Membership of the Ministerial Working Party

Glossary of Terms

Executive Summary

• Working Party
• Home Enteral Feeding
• Approach
• Findings

Recommendations

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Definition
• 1.2 Benefits
• 1.3 Clinical Indications
• 1.4 Extent of International and National Use
• 1.5 Standards And Guidelines

2. HEN Service Provision in Victoria

• 2.1 Aims and Objectives
• 2.2 Methods
• 2.3 Results
  • 2.3.1 The Victorian Inpatient Minimum Dataset Results

3. Funding in Victoria

• 3.1 Structure of the HEN Market
  • 3.1.1 Suppliers
  • 3.1.2 Service Providers
  • 3.1.3 Current Funding Arrangements
  • 3.1.4 Cost of Enteral Feeds and Associated
• 3.2 Funding Models and Issues
  • 3.2.1 Purchasing Arrangements
  • 3.2.2 Service Providers
  • 3.2.3 Level of Subsidy
  • 3.2.4 Development of a Best Practice Purchasing Model
  • 3.2.5 Summary of Proposed HEN Funding Model

References

Printable version of Report of the Ministerial Working Party on Home Enteral Nutrition

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