2.1 Introduction

2.2 Budget and Funding Initiatives

2.3 Capital Infrastructure Expenditure and Equipment Funding

2.4 Research Support Funding

2.5 Trauma Services

2.6 Rural Services

2.7 National Health Development Fund

2.8 Pharmaceutical Reform

2.9 Hospital Purchasing, Tendering and Contracting

2.10 Force Majeure

2.11 Major Changes in Services Provided

2.12 Risk Management

2.13 Performance Accountability

2.14 Health Promotion

3.1 Activity Trends

3.2 DVA Patients

3.3 Throughput WIES Targets

3.4 Network and Regional Targets

3.5 Unit Rates

3.6 Same Day Caps

4.1 Introduction

4.2 CRAFT Development

4.3 Consultation with the field

4.4 Funding Model

4.5 Audit and Monitoring

4.6 Data

5.1 Victorian Ambulatory Classification System

5.2 Non-Admitted Patient Grants - Other Hospitals

5.3 Emergency Services Funding

5.4 Radiation Oncology

6.1 Research Funding
6.2 Training and Development

7.1 Clinical Indicators

7.2 Patient Experience

7.3 Accreditation

7.4 Statutory Immunity

7.5 Patient Complaints Indicators

8.1 Hospital Access Program

8.2 Neonatal Services

8.3 Other Initiatives

9.1 Maternity Services

9.2 Consumer Information

9.3 Quality Improvement

9.4 Infection Control

10.1 Effective Discharge Strategy

10.2 Post Acute Care Program

10.3 Hospital In The Home

10.4 Home Enteral Nutrition

10.5 Continuous Positive Airways Pressure (CPAP)

10.6 Victorian Artificial Limbs Program

10.7 Organ Donation Services

11.1 Trauma and Emergency Services
11.2 Evaluation of the Relocated HIV/AIDS & Infectious Diseases Services
11.3 Review of Radiotherapy Services
11.4 Breast Care Redevelopment
11.5 Cystic Fibrosis

12.1 AN-DRG Version 3 and ICD-10-AM
12.2 Development of Cost Weights
12.3 Coding Standards and Adjustments
12.4 Victorian Maintenance Dialysis Program
12.5 Calculation of Inlier Boundaries: Trim Points
12.6 Same Day DRGs
12.7 Calculation of Inlier Weights
12.8 High Outliers
12.9 Higher Payment for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Patients
12.10 Prostheses Adjustments
12.11 Mechanical Ventilation Co-Payment
12.12 Thalessaemia
12.13 Specified Grants

13.1 Variable Payments
13.2 Other Grants
13.3 Hospital Access Program

16. Specific Programs & Technical Details

Appendix 1 Consultation & Liaison
Appendix 2 VicRehab: Weighted Units Specification
Appendix 3 Accreditation Outcomes program
Appendix 4 Hospital Access Program
Appendix 5 Maternity Services Enhancement Program
Appendix 6 Post Acute Care
Appendix 7 Hospital in the Home
Appendix 8 Home Enteral Nutrition
Appendix 9 Continuous Positive Airways Pressure Program
Appendix 10 Victorian Artificial Limbs Program
Appendix 11 General Equipment & Infrastructure Maintenance

Section B - Conditions of Funding: Acute Health (Download as PDF file - 64KB)

1. Australian Health Care Agreement (AHCA) Framework
2. Basis for Determining Government Funding
3. Fire Risk Management
4. Revenue
5. Cash flow to Hospitals
6. Reporting
(Timelines for the Receipt of Separations Details)

Victoria - Public Hospitals Policy and Funding Guidelines 1999 - 2000.
Published by Acute Health Division,
Victorian Government Department of Human Services, June 1999.
Melbourne, Victoria.