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    Is capital investment in Australian hospitals effectively funding patient access to efficient public hospital care?

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    Authors
    Kerr, R.
    Hendrie, Delia
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Kerr, R. and Hendrie, D. 2018. Is capital investment in Australian hospitals effectively funding patient access to efficient public hospital care?. Australian Health Review. 42 (5): pp. 501-513.
    Source Title
    Australian Health Review
    DOI
    10.1071/AH17231
    ISSN
    0156-5788
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71417
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2018 AHHA. Objective. This study asks 'Is capital investment in Australian public hospitals effectively funding patient access to efficient hospital care?' Methods. The study drew information from semistructured interviews with senior health infrastructure officials, literature reviews and World Health Organization (WHO) reports. To identify which systems most effectively fund patient access to efficient hospitals, capital allocation systems for 17 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries were assessed. Results. Australian government objectives (equitable access to clinically appropriate, efficient, sustainable, innovative, patient-based) for acute health services are not directly addressed within Australian capital allocation systems for hospitals. Instead, Australia retains a prioritised hospital investment system for institutionally based asset replacement and capital planning, aligned with budgetary and political priorities. Australian systems of capital allocation for public hospitals were found not to match health system objectives for allocative, productive and dynamic efficiency. Australia scored below average in funding patient access to efficient hospitals. The OECD countries most effectively funding patient access to efficient hospital care have transitioned to diagnosis-related group (DRG) aligned capital funding. Measures of effective capital allocation for hospitals, patient access and efficiency found mixed government-private-public partnerships performed poorly with inferior access to capital than DRG-aligned systems, with the worst performing systems based on private finance. Conclusion. Australian capital allocation systems for hospitals do not meet Australian government standards for the health system. Transition to a diagnosis-based system of capital allocation would align capital allocation with government standards and has been found to improve patient access to efficient hospital care.

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