Proposal for New Residential Aged Care Funding Model

The Department of Health (the Department) has been working with the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI), the University of…

The Department of Health (the Department) has been working with the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI), the University of Wollongong (UW) and a number of clinicians and providers across the country to undertake the Resource Utilisation and Classification Study (RUCS). The project followed on from the Department’s 2017 review of the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) used in residential aged care (RAC). The aim of the RUCS project was to identify cost drivers and the proportion of care costs that are shared and individually driven as well as to develop a new funding model.

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