Mr. Marmion questions the Department of Health on the per capita costs of various health services, including public hospitals, home-based care, palliative care, and emergency services, for past years and targets for the current year.

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Asked
16 May 2017
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(1) For the Department of Health, financial years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16: (a) what was the cost per capita of supporting treatment of patients in public hospitals; (b) what was the average cost of home based hospital day of care; (c) what was the average cost per home based occasion of service; (d) what was the average cost per client receiving contracted palliative care services; and (e) what was the cost per capita of Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations and St John Ambulance Western Australia Service Agreements? (2) For the current financial year: 2016/17: (a) what is the target and/or estimated cost per capita of supporting treatment of patients in public hospitals; (b) what is the target and/or estimated average cost of home based hospital day of care; (c) what is the target and/or estimated average cost per home based occasion of service; (d) what is the target and/or estimated average cost per client receiving contracted palliative care services; and (e) what is the target and/or estimated cost per capita of Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations and St John Ambulance Western Australia Service Agreements?

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Answered
20 June 2017
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
The Department of Health advises:
For the Department of Health, financial years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16
Source: Department of Health (DOH) Annual Report 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, and Metropolitan Health Service (MHS) Annual Report for (d) 2013/14, 2014/15.
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
(1)(a)
$29.68
$28
$26
(1)(b)
$371
$292
$312
(1)(c)
$129
$117
$129
(1)(d)*
$5,153 (DOH)
$1,359 (MHS)
$5,265 (DOH)
$1,405 (MHS)
$4,941 (DOH)
(1)(e)
$65.25
$63
$65
*Note: until 2015/16 both DOH and MHS reported this Key Performance Indicator (KPI).
(2)(a) $28
(2)(b) $344
(2)(c) $125
(2)(d) $4,128
(2)(e) $63
Source: 2016-17 Budget Target as published in 2016-17 Budget Paper No. 2.

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