Resources
AR-DRG Version 10.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRGs) is a classification system, which provides a clinically meaningful way to relate the number and type of patients treated in a hospital to the resources required by the hospital. AR-DRGs group patients with s...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition
PublicationsICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition, was implemented between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2022 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
IHPA Work Program 2019–20
PublicationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Work Program has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.
ED ICD-10-AM (Eleventh Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List – User Guide
PublicationsThis document details the components and conventions of the ED Short List and is aimed at jurisdictions, data managers and health information managers involved in ED data.In addition to this document, a Principal Diagnosis Selection Guide fact sheet has been developed f...
National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Sector Report 2016–17
PublicationsThe National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Sector Report and infographics present the results from NHCDC 2016-17. These documents describe the hospital costs submitted by jurisdictions for the following activity streams: admitted acute, non...
National Efficient Cost Determination 2019–20
PublicationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is 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 2019-20 National Efficient Cost Det...
National Pricing Model Technical Specifications 2019–20
PublicationsThis document provides the technical specifications for how the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) developed the Activity Based Funding (ABF) models for the service streams to be funded for the National Efficient Price (NEP) and the National Efficient Cost (N...
National Efficient Price Determination 2019–20
PublicationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is 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) Dete...
National Hospital Cost Data Collection, Independent Financial Review, Round 21 (Financial year 2016-17)
PublicationsThe National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is the primary data collection that the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) relies on to calculate the National Efficient Price used for the funding of public hospital services. To ensure that the quality of N...
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Hospital Report 2016–17
PublicationsThe private sector National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is a voluntary collection that produces a range of hospital cost and activity information by the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG). This report includes the findings from (financial yea...
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2019–20
PublicationsThe Pricing Framework for Australian public hospital services 2019-20 builds on the seven Pricing Frameworks from previous years. The Pricing Framework is the key strategic document underpinning the National Efficient Price (NEP) and National Efficient Cost (NEC) Determ...
IHPA Annual Report 2017–18
PublicationsIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Annual Report for financial year 2017–18.