❓ Ms Mettam requests data on the average number of hospital beds in WA that met Commonwealth funding criteria from 2017-2025. The Minister's answer states that funding is activity-based, not bed-based.
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Further to my question in Estimates Committee, can the Minister now please provide me with the average number of hospital beds in the WA Health System that met the Commonwealth definition of a bed and received federal Government funding in each of the following years: (a) 2017; (b) 2018; (c) 2019; (d) 2020; (e) 2021; (f) 2022; (g) 2023; (h) 2024; and (i) 2025 to date?
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Answered
18 September 2025
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Minister for Health
Response time
11 days
(a-i)
Both State and Commonwealth funding for Hospital inpatient services is provided within an Activity Based Funding model that funds health activity, not beds.
Both State and Commonwealth funding for Hospital inpatient services is provided within an Activity Based Funding model that funds health activity, not beds.
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