WEEK 2 Flashcards
(12 cards)
What are the sources of health care finance
Public: Through taxation - national/state - direct/indirect - general/earmarked
Private:
- Private health insurance
- User chargers
main source of revenue for health
taxation
how much does the government spend on health per year
78.8 billion
medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge revenue for health expenditure
less than 20%
where does most of our money go in health
- Hospitals
- PHC
- Referred medical services
name six ways we pay health providers
fee for service salaried capitation fixed budget daily rate case payment
Fee for service
Healthcare providers are paid by government per service provided (e.g. per test, visit)
This is a scheduled fee
Salaried
Have a fixed annual payment
Unrelated to the workload
capitation
People are paid bases on how hard they work
Prospective, fixed payments per person
o No. of enrolled patients
o Demographic profile
fixed budget
Have to manage their own funding
Payment for all services provided by a facility in a given period of time
A BLOCK payment
daily rate
Payment per patient per day
case payments
Payment per case seen
Set fee average case by categories
