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Table 1 Prices established for palliative care for normal (‘inlier’) palliative care inpatients, Australia, 2017/18

From: Aligning policy objectives and payment design in palliative care

Australian National Sub-acute and Non-acute Patient classification class

Price (A$)

Stable phase, RUG-ADL 4-5

$ 8,354.86

Stable phase, RUG-ADL 6-16

$ 8,948.48

Stable phase, RUG-ADL 17-18

$ 8,385.30

Unstable phase, First Phase in Episode, RUG-ADL 4-13

$ 2,148.13

Unstable phase, First Phase in Episode, RUG-ADL 14-18

$ 1,903.61

Unstable phase, Not first Phase in Episode, RUG-ADL 4-5

$ 2,955.82

Unstable phase, Not first Phase in Episode, RUG-ADL 6-18

$ 2,184.46

Deteriorating phase, RUG-ADL 4-14

$ 5,980.87

Deteriorating phase, RUG-ADL 15-18, Age >= 75

$ 4,261.39

Deteriorating phase, RUG-ADL 15-18, Age 55-74

$ 4,458.77

Deteriorating phase, RUG-ADL 15-18, Age <= 54

$ 6,225.88

Terminal phase

$ 3,040.27

Adult Same-Day Palliative Care

$ 977.58

  1. 1. RUG-ADL is Resource Utilisation Groups-Activities of Daily Living score
  2. 2. The prices shown are those that apply for Commonwealth Government payments under Australia’s federalism arrangements, payments are supplemented for patients who are indigenous or live in remote Australia, or both
  3. Source: Derived from https://www.ihpa.gov.au/publications/national-efficient-price-determination-2017-18 accessed 18 February 2018
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