Resources
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Sector Cost Report 2013–14
PublicationsThe private sector National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is a voluntary collection that produces a range of hospital cost and activity information by Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG). This report includes the findings from (financial y...
IHPA Annual Report 2014–15
PublicationsIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority Annual Report for financial year 2014–15.
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2016-17
PublicationsThere are three key publications that support the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Classification. Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Definitions Manual, Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Compendium and Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services National Index.
Mental Health Australia webinar on the Australian Mental Health Care Classification
VideosA webinar with Mental Health Australia and the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
Development of the Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 – Final Report (April 2015)
PublicationsThe Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong was commissioned by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to develop Version 4 of the Australian National Subacute and Non-acute Patient (AN-SNAP) classification. This report outlines...
Hospital Teaching, Training and Research Activities National Best Endeavours Data Set 2018-19 Technical Specifications for reporting
PublicationsTeaching, training and research (TTR) activities represent an important role of the public hospital system alongside the provision of care to patients. Until now, there has been no classification system for TTR. To support data collection and classification developme...
Indigenous Patient Cost Study Report
PublicationsThe purpose of this report is to review the costs of providing care to Indigenous patients accessing public hospital services. This work was commissioned in response to stakeholder concerns that the national activity based funding system does not adequately reflect Indi...
IHPA Work Program 2015–16
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.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Ninth Edition
PublicationsICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Ninth Edition was implemented between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2017 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
AR-DRG Version 8.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 8.0 was implemented from July 1, 2016 and is the Australian Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) patient classification system that provides a clinically meaningful way of relating the types of patients treated in...
Development of a table of standard costs for conducting clinical trials in Australia
PublicationsIHPA has developed a robust set of standard costs for the revised List of standard items associated with conducting clinical trials in Australia.
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2015–16
PublicationsThe 2015-16 Pricing Framework builds on the three previous Pricing Frameworks (2012-13 Pricing Framework, 2013-14 Pricing Framework and 2014-15 Pricing Framework). For simplicity, where the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) has reaffirmed a previous pri...