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Aged care
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Data submission portal
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Costing studies
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To support the National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC), the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) undertakes a wide range of separate costing studies.
Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards
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Costing overview
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Teaching, training and research
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) developed the Australian Teaching and Training Classification (ATTC) as a national classification for teaching and training activities which occur in public hospital services.
Emergency Care ICD-10-AM Principal Diagnosis Short List
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The Emergency Care International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) Principal Diagnosis Short List (EPD Short List) is a list of codes and medical terms based on the ICD-10-AM classification and aims to pro
Subacute and non-acute care
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Subacute care is defined as specialised multidisciplinary care in which the primary need for care is optimisation of the patient’s functioning and quality of life.
Mental health care
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Mental health care is care in which the primary clinical purpose or treatment goal is improvement in the symptoms and/or psychosocial, environmental and physical functioning related to a patient’s mental disorder.
AR-DRGs
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The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRGs) is a classification system, that provides a clinically meaningful way to relate or group the number and type of patients treated in admitted acute episodes of care to the resources required in treatment.