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Admitted Hospital Care Types
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This guide is intended to provide assistance when assigning care types, especially for those patients that may potentially have care that applies to more than one care type.
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups Version 6.x Addendum
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is committed to providing the Australian health care industry with a nationally consistent method of classifying all types of patients, their treatment and associated costs. Consequently, resources continue to be devoted to the ongoing development of a Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) classification system based on local clinical practice. DRG development would not be possible if it were not for the willing collaboration of clinicians, clinical coders, representatives from state and territory health departments, and other interested parties.
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) v7.0 (short and long description)
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This resource shows the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) v7.0 (short and long description).
National Hospital Cost Data Collection, Data Set Specifications, Round 16 (Financial year 2011-12)
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IHPA is responsible for determining relevant data set specifications to enable Activity Based Funding. These specifications have been developed in collaboration with IHPA’s committees and working groups.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection, Reporting of work-in-progress, long stay patients and escalation factors, Round 18 (Financial year 2013-14)
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Non-admitted and Subacute Costing Study
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This resource contains publications related to Non-admitted and Subacute admitted costing study.
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Patient Costing Study Report
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The purpose of this costing study was to undertake an analysis of CALD patients to inform a policy decision for whether an adjustment is warranted to the National Efficient Price for CALD patients.
Activity based funding (ABF) - Data Collection Compliance Reports 2009 – 2014
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This resource contains quarterly Activity based funding (ABF) - Data Collection Compliance Reports for the years 2009 through to 2014.
Activity based funding (ABF) - Data Collection Compliance Reports 2015 – 2020
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) publishes Data Compliance Reports including a Quarterly Report, as required by the National Health Reform Agreement (B 102).
Children's Healthcare Australasia webinar on the AMHCC
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This video provides an overview of the process to develop the Australian Mental Health Care Classification.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Sector Cost Report 2013–14
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The 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 year) 2013–14 of the NHCDC for acute admitted care provided by overnight private hospitals.
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2016-17 released
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) today released its Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2016-17.