title: Funding Victoria's public hospitals: the casemix policy of 2000-2001.
abstract: On 1 July 1993 Victoria became the first Australian state to use casemix information to set budgets for its public hospitals commencing with casemix funding for inpatient services. Victoria's casemix funding approach now embraces inpatient, outpatient and rehabilitation services.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Victoria.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McNair
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duckett
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002017:Budgets; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000379:methods* / 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; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population; D014739:Victoria