National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Total National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU), 2016
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Common name: | Total National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU) for 2012-13 and 2013-14 |
Short name: | Total NWAU 2012-13 and 2013-14 |
METEOR identifier: | 635556 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Description: | Total National Weighted Activity Units (NWAU), developed by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA), measures total hospital activity using a common unit of activity, termed NWAU. |
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Outcome area: | Hospital and Related Care National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Health!, Standard 07/07/2010 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | NWAU are calculated for each acute admitted separation in accordance with the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority's National Efficient Price Determination 2015-16. Total NWAU is calculated by tallying NWAU for patients whose treatment was eligible for Activity Based Funding under the National Health Reform Agreement (NHRA) and who were admitted and discharged within the same financial year.
For more information on computation methods for an NWAU see: https://www.ihpa.gov.au/publications/national-pricing-model-technical-specifications-2015-16
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Computation: | Sum of NWAU for acute admitted patients who were admitted and discharged within the same financial year. |
Numerator: | Number of NWAU
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Disaggregation: | Hospital Peer Group |
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Comments: | The NWAU is the national unit for counting hospital service activity, based on the complexity of patients and legitimate variations in costs. The 'average' hospital service is equivalent to one NWAU. More intensive and expensive activities are funded by multiples of NWAUs, and simpler and less expensive activities are funded by fractions of an NWAU.
In accordance with the funding arrangements between the Commonwealth and Local Hospital Networks patients whose services are not eligible Activity Based Funding under the NHRA are excluded from the calculation of total NWAU such as patients funded by the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) or motor vehicle accident insurance. For more information on eligible patients see: /content/index.phtml/itemId/339080
For the purpose of the Total NWAU measure, only the activity of acute admitted patients are counted. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Count |
Data type: | Integer |
Unit of measure: | Service event |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | PAF-Efficiency |
Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements: | National Health Performance Authority - Performance and Accountability Framework |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
Release date: | 28/04/2016 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Performance Authority |
Origin: | Hospital Performance |
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