title: Funding emergency care: Australian style.
abstract: The ongoing challenge for ED leaders is to remain abreast of system-wide changes that impact on the day-to-day management of their departments. Changes to the funding model creates another layer of complexity and this introductory paper serves as the beginning of a discussion about the way in which EDs are funded and how this can and will impact on business decisions, models of care and resource allocation within Australian EDs. Furthermore it is evident that any funding model today will mature and change with time, and moves are afoot to refine and contextualise ED funding over the medium term. This perspective seeks to provide a basis of understanding for our current and future funding arrangements in Australian EDs.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Clinical Access and Redesign Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crilly
authors.forename: Ged
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wylie
authors.forename: Ghasem Sam
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Toloo
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Gerry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: FitzGerald
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002202:Capital Financing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D061889:Healthcare Financing; D006801:Humans
keywords: activity-based funding; emergency department; funding; workforce models