Table 4: VACS Throughput Targets 1998-99
Weighted VACS Encounters 1998-99 
Network / Hospital Campus Target Lower Target Range
(where applicable)
Inner & Eastern Health Care Network    
    Alfred Healthcare Group  
86,083 n/a
    Box Hill Hospital 
32,229 28,098
    Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute 
21,166 n/a
    Royal Vic Eye and Ear Hospital 
44,376 39,766
Peninsula Health Care Network    
    Frankston Hospital 
13,710 n/a
Southern Health Care Network    
    Dandenong Hospital 
12,049 10,736
    Monash Medical Centre 
108,353 n/a
North Western Health Care Network    
    Royal Melbourne Hospital 
112,397 n/a
    Northern Hospital 
23,308 n/a
    Western Hospital 
83,459 75,045
Women's & Children's Health Care Network    
    Royal Children's Hospital 
55,044 n/a
    Royal Women's Hospital 
104,466 101,519
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre 82,594 n/a
St Vincent's Hospital 81,974 n/a
Mercy Public Hospital - East Melb 47,562 43,372
Geelong Hospital 53,221 44,008
Ballarat Health Services 34,380 n/a
Bendigo Health Care Group 25,658 16,837
Notes:
1)Targets have been set on the basis of weighted enounters at an average price of $104.
2)Adjustments to the total budget will be made where hospitals fail to reach target
(or where activity varies significantly from the agreed profile of services).
Targets have been set within a range for hospitals with negative compensation
grants and adjustments will be made if the hospitalfails to reach the lower target level.
3) Targets for the Northern Hospital have been set on the basis of PANCH activity data
and will be monitored and adjusted if necessary during the year.
Last Updated on 22/6/98

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