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Counting Acute Inpatient Care. Abf Information Series No. 5, Kathy Eagar
Counting Acute Inpatient Care. Abf Information Series No. 5, Kathy Eagar
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As outlined in ABF Information Paper Number 1, a critical element of Activity Based Funding (ABF) is the need to define, classify, count, cost and pay for each health care activity in a consistent manner. For acute patients who stay in hospital for more than a day, this is not an issue. These patients are classified as acute ‘overnight admitted patients’ and are counted by Diagnosis Related Group (DRG).