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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
Kathy Eagar
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).
What Is Activity-Based Funding? Abf Information Series No. 1, Kathy Eagar
What Is Activity-Based Funding? Abf Information Series No. 1, Kathy Eagar
Kathy Eagar
Activity-Based Funding (ABF) is a central feature of the Rudd hospital reform plan (‘A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s Future’). ABF is not a new idea, either to the health sector or to other industries. Indeed, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed in November 2008 to introduce a nationally consistent ABF approach as part of its National Partnership Agreement on Hospital and Health Workforce Reform. The Rudd hospital reform plan proposes to accelerate the ABF work program that has already been agreed with the States and Territories.