title: Funding of South Australian public hospitals.
abstract: Since the 1994-95 financial year, inpatient episodes of care in South Australian public hospitals have been funded according to their casemix. This paper describes the current funding system, sets it in some context and examines what can be established about hospital performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Adelaide University.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019985:Benchmarking; D002017:Budgets; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013021:South Australia