Commonwealth administration of nursing home programs, February 1981 / report of the Auditor-General on an efficiency audit

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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL ON AN EFFICIENCY AUDIT Commonwealth Administration of Nursing Home Programs 1
Report of the Auditor-General on an Efficiency Audit Commonwealth Administration of Nursing Home Programs 3
Contents 9
Part I Chapter 1 Introduction 13
Chapter 2 Summary of Audit Observations and Suggestions for Change 19
Part II Chapter 1 Background to Nursing Home Programs 49
Chapter 2 Central Management of Nursing Home Programs—Department of Health 58
Chapter 3 Patient Admission and Classification 66
Chapter 4 Standards of Nursing Home Care 74
Chapter 5 Control of Numbers of Nursing Home Beds 80
Chapter 6 Control of Fees 88
Chapter 7 Benefit Determination, Insurance and Payments 98
Chapter 8 Deficit Financing 106
Chapter 9 Related Activities—Departments of Health, Social Security and Veterans' Affairs 119
APPENDIX 1.1 COMMONWEALTH EXPENDITURE ON THE AGED IN RELATION TO THE COMMONWEALTH BUDGET AND GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 128
APPENDIX 1.2 COMMONWEALTH EXPENDITURE ON THE AGED—1977-78 and 1978-79 129
APPENDIX 2.1 DUTY STATEMENT 130
APPENDIX 2.2 (i) COMMONWEALTH/STATE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR NURSING HOMES 131
APPENDIX 3.1 (i) Commonwealth Department of Health APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL FOR NURSING HOME BENEFIT PURPOSES National Health Act 1953 133
APPENDIX 3.2 (i) Commonwealth Department of Health APPLICATION FOR EXTENSIVE CARE BENEFITS FOR PATIENT IN AN APPROVED NURSING HOME Mational Health Act 1953 Nursing Homes Assistance Act 1974 136
APPENDIX 3.3 THE AVAILABILITY OF CARE OPTIONS VERSUS THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS 139
APPENDIX 3.4 COMPOSITION AND COST OF ASSESSMENT TEAMS 140
APPENDIX 4.1 Table 1—Comparison of Minimum Nursing Requirements 141
APPENDIX 5.1 GUIDELINES FOR USE BY COMMONWEALTH-STATE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES(1) 144
APPENDIX 5.2 GROWTH IN NUMBERS OF NURSING HOME BEDS PRIOR TO AND WITH DEPARTMENTAL CONTROL 145
APPENDIX 5.3 NUMBERS OF BEDS RECEIVING APPROVALS-IN-PRINCIPLE (AIPs) IN RECENT YEARS 146
APPENDIX 5.4 NUMBERS OF NURSING HOME BEDS IN EACH STATE, 30 JUNE 1973 AND 30 JUNE 1980 147
APPENDIX 5.5(i) DISTRIBUTION OF NURSING HOME BEDS BY REGION WITHIN STATES—AS AT 31 AUGUST 1979 148
APPENDIX 5.6 COMPARISON OF NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS OF NURSING HOME BEDS IN METROPOLITAN AND NON-METROPOLITAN AREAS—AUGUST 1973 AND AUGUST 1979 150
APPENDIX 6.1 WORKING PARTY TO REVIEW NURSING HOMES FEES CONTROL—SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED 151
APPENDIX 8.1 (i) 152
APPENDIX 8.2 Table 1—Impact on Estimated Staff Costs of Uneconomical Design 154
APPENDIX 8.3 Table 1—Annual Deficit Financing Bed Costs 155
APPENDIX 9.1(i) D1056 Department of Veterans' Affairs APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO A NURSING HOME AT REPATRIATION EXPENSE 156

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