❓ A parliamentary question seeks a breakdown of health expenditure in WA, specifically administrative vs. patient care costs, both statewide and within the Wheatbelt region. The answer reveals that the WA Health financial systems do not provide this specific breakdown.
AnsweredQoN 2965Legislative Assembly
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(a) how much of this amount was spent on:
(i) total administration costs; and
(ii) total patient health care costs; and
(b) how much of this amount was spent in public hospitals in the Western Australian Country Health Service (WACHS) Wheatbelt region on:
(i) total administrative costs; and
(ii) total patient health care costs?
(2) What are the costs allocated to corporate WACHS from the Central Country Practice; and
(a) how are these costs allocated to each of the Country Health divisions; and
(b) is this done on a per-service allocation or some differential formula?
(i) total administration costs; and
(ii) total patient health care costs; and
(b) how much of this amount was spent in public hospitals in the Western Australian Country Health Service (WACHS) Wheatbelt region on:
(i) total administrative costs; and
(ii) total patient health care costs?
(2) What are the costs allocated to corporate WACHS from the Central Country Practice; and
(a) how are these costs allocated to each of the Country Health divisions; and
(b) is this done on a per-service allocation or some differential formula?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
31 January 2008
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
63 days
(1) (a) (i) and (ii)
In the 2006-07 WA Health annual reports, the total public hospital expenditure for WA Health was $2.719 billion. A breakdown of the $2.719 billion by service is provided as follows:
Service
Amount
$
Admitted patients
1,885,355,038
Specialised mental health
154,249,417
Hospital in the Home
12,628,976
Emergency department
129,775,393
Other non-admitted patients
530,200,164
Chronic illness & continuing care support
6,837,935
Total
2,719,046,923
WA Health financial systems do not provide a breakdown of public hospital expenditure into total administration costs and total patient health care costs.
(b) (i) and (ii):
In the 2006-07 WA Health annual reports, the total public hospital expenditure in the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) Wheatbelt region was $55.0 million. A breakdown of the $55.0 million by service is provided as follows:
Service
Amount ($)
Admitted patients
29,240,397
Non-admitted patients
25,759,761
Total
55,000,158
WA Health financial systems do not provide a breakdown of public hospital expenditure in the Wheatbelt region into total administration costs and total patient health care costs.
(2) (a) and (b)
Corporate costs are not allocated by the WACHS Area Office to regions. However, for some costing and reporting exercises (where appropriate to the purpose and requirements), Area Office costs may be notionally attributed to individual services.
Note: The term 'Central Country Practice' is not a term used by WA Health. It has therefore been taken to mean WACHS Area Office.
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In the 2006-07 WA Health annual reports, the total public hospital expenditure for WA Health was $2.719 billion. A breakdown of the $2.719 billion by service is provided as follows:
Service
Amount
$
Admitted patients
1,885,355,038
Specialised mental health
154,249,417
Hospital in the Home
12,628,976
Emergency department
129,775,393
Other non-admitted patients
530,200,164
Chronic illness & continuing care support
6,837,935
Total
2,719,046,923
WA Health financial systems do not provide a breakdown of public hospital expenditure into total administration costs and total patient health care costs.
(b) (i) and (ii):
In the 2006-07 WA Health annual reports, the total public hospital expenditure in the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) Wheatbelt region was $55.0 million. A breakdown of the $55.0 million by service is provided as follows:
Service
Amount ($)
Admitted patients
29,240,397
Non-admitted patients
25,759,761
Total
55,000,158
WA Health financial systems do not provide a breakdown of public hospital expenditure in the Wheatbelt region into total administration costs and total patient health care costs.
(2) (a) and (b)
Corporate costs are not allocated by the WACHS Area Office to regions. However, for some costing and reporting exercises (where appropriate to the purpose and requirements), Area Office costs may be notionally attributed to individual services.
Note: The term 'Central Country Practice' is not a term used by WA Health. It has therefore been taken to mean WACHS Area Office.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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