Can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care?

Australians value access to public hospitals with technologically-appropriate clinical care. However, the Australian system of capital funding for public hospitals is not appropriate, effective, equitable, clinically-responsive, patient-centred, evidence-based or sustainable. A new model to effectiv...

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Main Author: Kerr, Rhonda Ann
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77705
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description Australians value access to public hospitals with technologically-appropriate clinical care. However, the Australian system of capital funding for public hospitals is not appropriate, effective, equitable, clinically-responsive, patient-centred, evidence-based or sustainable. A new model to effectively fund patient access to efficient public hospitals was developed from international evidence, Australian standards, clinical guidelines and expert clinical interviews. Capital was costed by patient diagnosis group to enable comprehensive funding for public hospital clinical care, for the first time.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-777052020-01-21T04:05:45Z Can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care? Kerr, Rhonda Ann Australians value access to public hospitals with technologically-appropriate clinical care. However, the Australian system of capital funding for public hospitals is not appropriate, effective, equitable, clinically-responsive, patient-centred, evidence-based or sustainable. A new model to effectively fund patient access to efficient public hospitals was developed from international evidence, Australian standards, clinical guidelines and expert clinical interviews. Capital was costed by patient diagnosis group to enable comprehensive funding for public hospital clinical care, for the first time. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77705 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Kerr, Rhonda Ann
Can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care?
title Can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care?
title_full Can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care?
title_fullStr Can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care?
title_full_unstemmed Can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care?
title_short Can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care?
title_sort can diagnosis-based capital allocation facilitate more appropriate, sustainable and innovative acute care?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77705