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Victoria—Public Hospitals
Policy and Funding Guidelines 2000—2001

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Section A - Policy

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Section A - Policy contains:

Message from the Minister

  1. Highlights of the 2000—01 Policy
  2. Strategic Directions
  3. Improving Services to Rural Communities
  4. Summary of 2000—01 Payment Rates
  5. Hospital Activity and Throughput Targets
  6. Improving Access and Reducing Hospital Waiting Times
  7. Measuring and Reporting on Quality
  8. Improving the Quality and Safety of Care in Public Hospitals
  9. Strengthening Consumer Involvement
  10. Hospital to Home
  11. Service Redevelopment
  12. Sub-Acute Services
  13. Non-Admitted Patients and Emergency Services Funding
  14. Research/Training and Development
  15. Special Grants
  16. Development of the Cost Weights and WIES
Section A–Modelled Budgets

Table 1: Acute Health Model Budgets 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 (excel file 38 kb)

Table 2: Acute Health Non-Admitted Patient Grant Initial Model Budgets
VACS Funded Hospitals, 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 (excel file 19 kb)

Table 3: Notional VicRehab Units Budgets 2000/2001 (excel file 29 kb)

Table 4: Notional Sub-Acute Admitted Services Budget 2000/2001 (excel file 49 kb)

Section A–Targets

Table 1 WIES Throughput Targets for 2000/2001 (WIES8)

Table 2: Comparison of WIES 1999/2000 to 2000/2001 using WIES 7

Table 3: 1999/2000 Actual Targets at 1999/2000 Rates using WIES7

Note: Tables 1-3 above are included in one file (excel file 47 kb)

Table 4: VACS Throughput Targets 2000/2001 (excel file 19 kb)

Table 5: Notional Rehabilitation Throughput Targets 2000/2001: VicRehab Units (excel file 24 kb)

Table 6: Notional Sub-Acute Throughput Targets 2000/2001: Beddays (excel file 29 kb)

Table 7: Notional Sub-Acute Throughput Targets 2000/2001: Community Rehabilitation (excel file 20 kb)

Section A–Appendices

Appendix 1–Consultation and Liaison
Appendix 2–VicRehab: Weighted Units Specification
Appendix 3–Hospital Access Program
Appendix 4–Identified Savings

The above appendices are contained within one file (pdf 47kb)

Section B–Conditions of Funding

Conditions of funding (pdf 125 kb)

Section C–Supplementary Information

Current Cost Weights—VACS
Current Cost Weights—VicRehab
Calculation of WIES
Mechanical Ventilation Severity Co-payment Eligibility
Regional Contacts
Note: the above pages are contained within one file (pdf 59 kb)
IES 8 and Related Items Report (excel file 75 kb)
Current Cost Weights—Inpatients (excel file 180 kb)
Note: Some neonate DRG labels have been revised and all weights were rounded to four decimals.
VIC-DRG4s in 2000 - 2001 (PDF file 19KB)