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National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Cost per National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU), 2015

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Short name:Help on this termCost per NWAU
METEOR identifier:Help on this term602613
Registration status:Help on this term
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Description:Help on this termCost per NWAU, developed by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA), measures the costs of acute admitted patients against a common unit of activity, termed the National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU).
Indicator set:Help on this termNational Health Performance Authority: Hospital performance: 2011-16
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Outcome area:Help on this termHospital and Related Care
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Health, Standard 07/07/2010

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this termAll computation is done in accordance with the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority's National Efficient Price Determination 2014-15. For more information on these computation methods see http://www.ihpa.gov.au/internet/ihpa/publishing.nsf/Content/npm-tech-spec-2014-15-html
Computation:Help on this termIn-scope costs ÷ Total NWAU
Denominator:Help on this term

Indicator: National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Total National Weighted Activity Unit, 2011-12

Total National Weighted Activity Units (NWAU), developed by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA), measures total hospital activity using a common unit of activity, termed NWAU.

For the specification of this indicator see;

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Disaggregation:Help on this termHospital
Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data SetEstablishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN
Comments:Help on this term

Cost per NWAU, developed by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA), measures the costs incurred against a common unit of activity termed NWAU. The NWAU is the unit for counting activity used in the nationally consistent Activity Based Funding system introduced under the National Health Reform Agreement 2011 (NHRA).

The 'average' hospital service is funded by one NWAU. More intensive and expensive activities are funded by multiples of NWAUs, and simpler and less expensive activities are funded by fractions of an NWAU.

There are four funding streams:

  • Emergency department (ED)
  • Acute admitted
  • Subacute
  • Non-admitted.

The Cost per NWAU measure excludes patients whose services are not eligible for funding under the NHRA, such as patients funded by the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA), private sources (self-funded, privately insured) or motor vehicle accident insurance.

This indicator compares the Cost per NWAU for acute admitted patient's and does not include ED costs associated with each patients' admission.

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 termPresented values are rounded to the nearest $100

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this termPAF-Efficiency

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this termNational Health Performance Authority - Performance and Accountability Framework
Release date:Help on this term30/04/2015

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this termHospital Performance

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Cost per National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU), 2016
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
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