Pwc report

Participating hospitals

Each of the eight jurisdictions were asked to participate and nominate hospitals or local health networks (LHNs) according to the following sampling frame:

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  Queensland (QLD), New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC) were asked to nominate three hospitals based on the following criteria:
  
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    one large or medium metropolitan hospital with a teaching capacity
    
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    one regional or remote hospital
    
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    one specialist hospital or one hospital that had demonstrated improvements since the Round 15 or Round 16 NHCDC financial review.
    
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  South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA) were each asked to nominate two hospitals based on the following criteria:
  
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    one large or medium metropolitan hospital
    
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    one regional/remote or specialist hospital or one hospital that had demonstrated improvements since the Round 15 NHCDC financial review.
    
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  The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), the Northern Territory (NT) and Tasmania (TAS) were each asked to nominate one hospital meeting any of the criteria listed above.
  

In total, a sample of 15 sites (hospitals or LHNs) was selected to participate in the financial review. VIC was only able to nominate two participating sites instead of the three requested. Table 1 below sets out the nominated hospitals within each jurisdiction, and how they addressed the sampling criteria.

Table : List of participating sites

Jurisdiction	Participating hospital	Criteria within sampling framework
ACT	Canberra Hospital	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Major urban hospital Costing system: PowerPerformance Management Version 2 (PPM2)
NT	Katherine Hospital	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Non-major rural hospital Costing system: Combo CC
NSW	South Western Sydney LHD	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Includes major urban hospitals Costing system: PPM2
	Mid North Coast LHD	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Includes major and non-major regional hospitals Costing system: PPM2
	Sydney LHD	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Includes major urban hospitals Costing system: PPM2
QLD	Wide Bay HHS (Bundaberg)	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Non-major regional hospital Costing system: Transition II
	Sunshine Coast HHS	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Major urban hospital Costing system: Transition II
	Townsville HHS	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Major regional hospital Costing system: Transition II
SA	Flinders Medical Centre	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Major urban hospital Costing system: PPM2
	Noarlunga Hospital	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Major regional hospital Costing system: PPM2
TAS	Royal Hobart Hospital	Previously reviewed hospital (Round 15) Major urban hospital Costing system: Combo CC
VIC	Western Health	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Major urban hospital Costing system: PPM2
	Barwon Health	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Non-major urban hospital Costing system: User Cost
WA	Swan District Hospital	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Major urban hospital Costing system: PPM2
	Royal Perth Hospital	Had not previously participated in an NHCDC financial review Major urban hospital Costing system: PPM2