Publications
Private Patient Public Hospital Service Utilisation 2017
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) engaged Ernst & Young (EY) to examine trends in the number of privately insured patients being treated in public hospitals and to identify factors contributing to observed trends to assess what impact, if any, the na...
Aged Care Pricing Commissioner Annual Report 2015-16
The Annual Report of the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner covers the Commissioner’s operations for the year 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016 in accordance with Section 95B-12 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
IHPA Annual Report 2015–16
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Annual Report for financial year 2015–16.
Teaching, Training and Research Costing Study Final Report July 2016
The purpose of this costing study was to undertake a Teaching, Training and Research (TTR) cost and activity data collection at a representative sample of Australian hospitals and produce costed data to inform the development of a TTR classification.
Emergency Care Clinician Time Consensus Study Report
The Emergency Care Clinician Time Consensus Study (the consensus study) was designed to complement the first component of the Emergency Care Costing and Classification Project - the Emergency Care Costing Study (the costing study).The costing study set out to colle...
IHPA Work Program 2016–17
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Work has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2016–17
The Pricing Framework 2016-17 builds on the Pricing Frameworks from previous years (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16). For simplicity, where IHPA has reaffirmed a previous principle, the supporting argument has not been restated in this year’s paper.
NHCDC Independent Financial Review 2013-14
The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is the primary data collection that the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) relies on to calculate the national efficient price used for the funding of public hospital services. To ensure that th...
Definitions of emergency services
This table provides a detailed description of the categorisation of emergency services. These definitions have been developed in consultation with the Emergency Care Advisory Working Group and are used to determine which data specification and classification is use...
National Efficient Price Determination 2016–17
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority was established under the National Health Reform Act 2011 (Cth) (the Act), and by virtue of section 131(1) of the Act is invested with the following functions relevant to this National Efficient Price (NEP) ...