❓ Hon Ken Travers asks about State Government payments to Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) covering patient transfer costs to other hospitals. The answer confirms payments include transfer costs, calculated using WA metro public hospital comparators, but specific pricing is commercial in confidence.
AnsweredQoN 3416Legislative Council
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(1) Are payments by the State Government to the Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) expected to cover the cost of transferring patients from JHC to other hospitals?
(2) How is it calculated how much money JHC will receive for this purpose?
(2) How is it calculated how much money JHC will receive for this purpose?
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Answered
21 March 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
33 days
(1) Yes. The prices paid for various admitted and emergency services are inclusive of transfers.
(2) The prices paid to Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) are commercial in confidence. The prices are calculated each year using WA metro public hospital comparators - that is the average total costs at State Benchmark for each service divided by the number of services provided for each service.
As such there is a component in this average price for the transfer costs as they relate at Benchmark Hospitals. That cost is not easily separable.
The total amount paid to JHC is calculated using a base volume with a discount on services above the base volume which also impacts on the total amount JHC would receive for a service.
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(2) The prices paid to Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) are commercial in confidence. The prices are calculated each year using WA metro public hospital comparators - that is the average total costs at State Benchmark for each service divided by the number of services provided for each service.
As such there is a component in this average price for the transfer costs as they relate at Benchmark Hospitals. That cost is not easily separable.
The total amount paid to JHC is calculated using a base volume with a discount on services above the base volume which also impacts on the total amount JHC would receive for a service.
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