Victoria - Public Hospitals Policy and Funding Guidelines 1997-1998
Section C: Supplementary Information

1997-98 Victorian Ambulatory
Classification System (VACS)
Cost Weights

VACS Code
 Description
 Weight
101

102

103

104

105

106

107

108

109

110

111

112

113

114

115

201

202

203

204

205

206

207

208

209

301

310

311

350

401

402

403

501

502

550

601

602

603

604

605

606

607

608

609

 General Medicine

Allergy

Cardiology

Diabetes

Endocrinology

Gastroenterology

Haematology

Nephrology

Neurology

Oncology

Respiratory

Rheumatology

Dermatology

Infectious Diseases

Developmental Neurological Disability

General Surgery

Cardiothoracic

Neurosurgery

Ophthalmology

Ear, Nose and Throat

Plastic Surgery

Urology

Vascular

Pre-admission

Dental

Orthopaedics

Orthopaedic applications

Psychiatry and Behavioural Disorders

Family Planning

Obstetrics

Gynaecology

Paediatric Surgical

Paediatric Medical

Emergency Medicine

Audiology

Nutrition

Optometry

Occupational Therapy

Physiotherapy

Podiatry

Speech Pathology

Social Work

Other Allied Health Services

1.062

1.918

2.512

0.978

1.269

1.229

2.369

2.827

0.939

1.814

1.814

1.327

0.886

1.963

2.514

0.904

1.696

1.376

0.652

0.626

0.762

1.111

1.037

1.093

0.991

0.777

0.777

0.901

1.028

1.018

1.003

1.135

1.418

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Notes:
  1. Weights are based on cost data from 8 hospitals participating in the 1996 Cost Weights Study.
  2. Weights are not detailed for VACS 550 - 609 as these categories are funded as fixed grants for 1997-98.
  3. Weights for the following categories have been adjusted following review of the cost data and clinical input:

- VAC 108 has been set equal to the 1996 average cost

- VAC 203 has been set equal to an average cost of $145 per encounter

- VAC 311 has been set equal to VAC 310.

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