Investor Presentaiton
Average cost per home-based hospital day of
care and occasion of service
Rationale
Outcome 2
Aged and
continuing
care services
Home-based hospital services have been implemented as a
means of ensuring patients have timely access to effective healthcare. These
services aim to provide safe and effective medical care for WA patients in their
homes, where they may otherwise require a hospital admission.
The Department of Health has entered into collaborative arrangements with
service providers to provide home-based hospital services that may be delivered
as in-home acute medical care, measured by days of care, or as post-discharge,
acute or sub-acute medical and nursing intervention, delivered as occasions of
service.
Target
The 2022-23 target unit costs for:
a. home-based hospital day of care is $308
b. home-based hospital occasion of service is $143.
Improved or maintained performance is demonstrated by a result below or
equal to the target.
Results
In 2022-23, the average cost per home-based hospital day of care was $335
slightly above the target of $308 and attributable to an over estimation of activity
when deriving the 2022-23 budget target.
Table 22: Average cost per home-based hospital day of care, 2019-20 to 2022-23
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
Average cost
$295
$294
$320
$335
Target
$293
$301
$308
The average cost per home-based hospital occasion of service in 2022-23
was $141.
Table 23: Average cost per home-based hospital occasion of service,
2019-20 to 2022-23
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
Average cost
$137
$138
$140
$141
Target
$131
$145
$143
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Note: Days of care are defined as the number of days where a patient has received one or more occasions of care that
includes a face-to-face visit or phone call with significant clinical content and is recorded in the patient record.
Data sources: Unpublished data, Department of Health; Oracle 11i Financial System, Department of Health.
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