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National Healthcare Agreement: P69-Cost per casemix adjusted separation, 2010

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Short name:Help on this termCost per casemix adjusted separation, 2010
METEOR identifier:Help on this term395155
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 08/06/2011
Description:Help on this termAverage cost per casemix adjusted separation for acute and non-acute care in public hospitals.
Indicator set:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement (2010)
Health, Superseded 08/06/2011
Outcome area:Help on this termSustainability
Health, Standard 07/07/2010
Quality statement:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement: P69-Cost per casemix adjusted separation, 2010 QS Health, Superseded 08/06/2011

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this term

Total separations excludes newborns without qualified days, and records that do not relate to admitted patients (hospital boarders and posthumous organ procurement).

Average cost weight is calculated from the National Hospital Morbidity Database, using the 2007-08 Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) version 5.1 cost weights published by the Department of Health and Ageing.

Casemix adjustment is based on Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) assigned to each separation.

For more detailed information regarding the methodology, please refer to Australian hospital statistics 2007–08, Appendix 1.

Computation:Help on this termNumerator ÷ Denominator
Numerator:Help on this term

Total reported recurrent expenditure (excluding depreciation) multiplied by the admitted patient cost proportion** reported for each hospital

** The estimated proportion of total hospital expenditure that relates to admitted patient care.

Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (repairs and maintenance) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (medical and surgical supplies) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (superannuation employer contributions) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (patient transport cost) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (visiting medical officer payments) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (administrative expenses) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (other recurrent expenditure) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (interest payments) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (drug supplies) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (domestic services) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (food supplies) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Denominator:Help on this termTotal casemix adjusted separations reported for acute and non-acute care in public hospitals
Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

AR-DRG version 5.1  public sector cost weights (2007-08)

Data Source

National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC)

Guide for use

Data source type: Study of selected volunteer hospitals

Data Element / Data Set

Hospital service—care type, code N[N].N

Data Source

Admitted Patient Care National Minimum Data Set (APC NMDS)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v5.1) ANNA

Data Source

Admitted Patient Care National Minimum Data Set (APC NMDS)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Public hospital peer group

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Comments:Help on this termSpecified Disaggregation: State/territory by public hospital peer group.
Available Disaggregation: State/territory by public hospital peer group.

Most recent data available for 2010 CRC baseline report: 2007-08.

2008-09 data should be available in June 2010.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termMean (average)
Data type:Help on this termMonetary amount
Unit of measure:Help on this termCurrency
Format:Help on this termNNNN

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this termEfficiency & Sustainability

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC)

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Department of Health and Ageing

Data Source

National Public Hospital Establishment Database (NPHED)

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data Source

Admitted Patient Care National Minimum Data Set (APC NMDS)

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement
Organisation responsible for providing data:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Further data development / collection required:Help on this termSpecification is likely to be interim.

This work will be progressed by the relevant NP Implementation Group, convened by the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA). Only three jurisdictions have an estimate of costs for acute and total admitted patient activity, and this proportion is for public hospitals. This PI will require development of additional expenditure collections as well as development of uniform indicators using that collection.

Other issues caveats:Help on this term

Data limited to public hospitals in 2007–08.

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by National Healthcare Agreement: PI 69-Cost per casemix adjusted separation, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 31/10/2011
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