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Local Hospital Network

Glossary Item Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
Synonymous names:Help on this termLHN
METEOR identifier:Help on this term711144
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Standard 26/03/2019

Definition:Help on this term

One of a number of separate legal entities established by each Australian state/territory government in order to devolve operational management for public hospitals, and accountability for local service delivery, to the local level.

Local Hospital Networks (LHNs) directly manage single or small groups of public hospital services and their budgets, and are directly responsible for hospital performance under the Performance and Accountability Framework outlined in Schedule D of the National Health Reform Agreement 2011.

Most LHNs are responsible for the provision of public hospital services in a defined geographical area, but in some jurisdictions a small number of LHNs provide services across a number of areas.

Some jurisdictions have their own local names for the areas and administrative units known nationally as Local Hospital Networks. For example, in New South Wales they are known as 'Local Health Districts', in Queensland they are known as 'Hospital and Health Services', in Western Australia they are known as 'Health Service Providers', and in South Australia they are known as 'Local Health Networks'.

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Help on this term

COAG (Council of Australian Governments) 2011.The National Health Reform Agreement 2011. Canberra: COAG. Viewed 17 January 2019, http://www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/health/
_archive/national-agreement.pdf

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Local Hospital Network

        Health, Superseded 26/03/2019

        Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015

Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2020–21

        Health, Superseded 23/12/2020

Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 20/12/2022

Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 20/12/2022

Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier

        Health, Standard 26/03/2019

Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN

        Health, Superseded 09/09/2022

Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN

        Health, Superseded 07/05/2020

Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN

        Health, Superseded 07/05/2020

Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN

        Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN

        Health, Standard 09/09/2022

Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN

        Health, Superseded 23/09/2019

Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN

        Health, Recorded 20/11/2023

Hospital teaching and training activities cluster

        Health, Standard 05/02/2021

Hospital teaching and training activities cluster

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Hospital teaching, training and research activities NBEDS 2020–21

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Hospital teaching, training and research activities NBEDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 13/10/2021

Hospital teaching, training and research activities NBEDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 20/12/2022

Hospital teaching, training and research activities NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 20/12/2022

Hospital teaching, training and research activities NBEDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 31/08/2023

Local Hospital Network identifier

        Health, Standard 26/03/2019

Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN

        Health, Superseded 09/09/2022

Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN

        Health, Standard 23/09/2019

Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN

        Health, Superseded 07/05/2020

Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN

        Health, Standard 09/09/2022

Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN

        Health, Superseded 23/09/2019

Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN

        Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN

        Health, Recorded 20/11/2023

Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2020–21

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 09/12/2022

Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 31/08/2023

Mental health establishments NMDS 2020–21

        Health, Superseded 20/01/2021

Mental health establishments NMDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Mental health establishments NMDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

Mental health establishments NMDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 09/12/2022

Mental health establishments NMDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

Non-admitted patient care aggregate NBEDS 2020–21

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Non-admitted patient care aggregate NBEDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Non-admitted patient care aggregate NBEDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

Non-admitted patient care aggregate NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 09/12/2022

Non-admitted patient care aggregate NBEDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2020–21

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 20/12/2022

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 20/12/2022

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

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