Spending on non-admitted patient care

Funding source

For the clinic level data provided, 4 funding sources could be assigned:

• Medicare Benefits Scheme
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs
• Compensable—which includes:
  • Worker’s compensation
  • Motor vehicle third party personal claim
  • Other compensation

• Other—which includes:
  • Health service budget (including Reciprocal Health Care Agreements, or where no charge was raised due to hospital decision). This category includes both state/territory and Australian Government contributions.
  • Other hospital or public authority (contracted care)
  • Department of Defence
  • Correctional facilities
  • Private health insurance
  • Self-funded
  • Other funding source
  • Not known

Non-admitted patient clinics

The clinics are categorised into 4 major classes:

• Procedural clinics—which provide minor surgical and non-surgical procedures (that do not require the patient to be admitted) by a surgeon or other medical specialist.
• Medical consultation clinics—typically provided by a medical or nurse practitioner. There may also be input from allied health personnel and/or clinical nurse specialists.
• Diagnostic service clinics— which provide diagnostic services within a specific field of medicine or condition. These services include imaging, screening, clinical measurement and pathology.
• Allied health and/or clinical nurse specialist intervention clinics— which provide services by an allied health professional or clinical nurse specialist.

A clinic may provide a range of health services that fall into different Tier 2 clinic classes, and when this occurs the clinic is classified based on its predominant activity.