Definition
Components
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Data Element ConceptEstablishment—recurrent expenditure (indirect health care)
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Object ClassEstablishment
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PropertyRecurrent expenditure
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Value DomainTotal Australian currency N[N(8)]
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Total Australian currency N[N(8)] ".| Data Type | Currency |
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| Format | N[N(8)] |
| Maximum character length | 9 |
Comments
Guide for use:
To be provided at the state level.
Other:
Any other indirect health care expenditure as defined above not catered for in the following categories: Patient transport services; Public health and monitoring services; Central and statewide support services; Central administrations.
This might include such things as family planning and parental health counselling services and expenditure incurred in the registration of notifiable diseases and other medical information.
Record values up to hundreds of millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
Origin:
National Health Data Committee
Comments:
Resources Working Party members were concerned about the possibility that double-counting of programs at the hospital and again at the state level and were also concerned at the lack of uniformity between states. Where possible expenditure relating to programs operated by hospitals should be at the hospital level.