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Acute Health Division
Department of Human Services
Victorian State Government, Australia
Review of Radiotherapy Services
Victoria
A Report to
Department of Human Services, Victoria
April, 1998
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Contents
1. Background to the Review
1.1 Objectives of the Review
1.2 The Review Team
1.3 Approach to the Review
1.4 Victorian Health Services
1.5 Current Policy Directions in Victorian Health Services
1.6 Radiotherapy and Cancer Services
1.7 Previous Reviews of Radiotherapy Services
2. Market Analysis
2.1 Demand
2.2 Utilisation of Radiotherapy services
2.3 Trends in Treatment
2.4 Forecast new cancers and utilisation of radiotherapy
2.5 Operating capacity
2.6 Model for Forecasting Demand
3. Service Configuration and Functional Requirements
3.1 Current Supply of Radiotherapy Services
3.2 Broad Models of Service Delivery
3.3 Choosing Options for Future Service Delivery
3.4 Criteria and Standards for Services
4. Summary of Costs and Funding
4.1 Benchmark Operating Costs
4.2 Capital Requirements
4.3 Capital Cost Component and Capital Charge
4.4 Private Sector Comparisons
4.5 Utilisation of Medicare (Health Insurance Commission (HIC))
4.6 Other Cancer services
4.7 Funding Issues
5. Comparing Options
5.1 Cost Benefit Analysis
6. Service Development Strategies
6.1 Public/private sector balance and contestability
6.2 ‘Hub and Spoke’ Considerations and the Role of Major Centres
6.3 Rural/Regional Developments
List of Appendixes
A: Members of the Review Advisory Committee
B: List of Contributors (Submission Process)
C: Summary of Selected Submissions to the Review
D: Incidence of Cancer by Site in Victoria
E: Incidence and Standardised Incidence of Major Cancers by Region/Network
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