Cost and quality: The challenge for physiotherapists in a casemix funded environment

K Brock; B Reid; P Goldie; Ken Greenwood

doi:10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60381-0

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Cost and quality: The challenge for physiotherapists in a casemix funded environment

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Cost and quality: The challenge for physiotherapists in a casemix funded environment

K Brock, B Reid, P Goldie and Ken Greenwood

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, Vol.44(4), pp.221-228

1998

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60381-0

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case management

health care costs

outcome assessment

quality of health

care

Inpatient health care in Australia is currently undergoing major change, moving from historically derived budgets to systems requiring much greater accountability to revenue providers. It is crucial for clinical staff, as well as administrators, to understand these changes as clinicians will be required to provide accurate and appropriate information regarding costs incurred and health benefits achieved to justify the services they provide. This article reviews three major initiatives in health care, casemix classification, outcomes evaluation and benchmarking, and analyses the role these processes play in achieving better and more efficient health care. The impact of these processes and the opportunities they provide for the physiotherapy profession are discussed.

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Title: Cost and quality: The challenge for physiotherapists in a casemix funded environment
Authors: K Brock (Author) - St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
B Reid (Author) - University of Sydney
P Goldie (Author) - La Trobe University
Ken Greenwood (Author) - La Trobe University
Publication details: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, Vol.44(4), pp.221-228
Publisher: Elsevier Australia
Date published: 1998
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60381-0
ISSN: 0004-9514
Copyright note: Copyright © 1998. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Australian Physiotherapy Association. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450531602621
Output Type: Journal article

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