Outcome 13: Acute Care

Outcome 13 aims to provide all Australians with access to cost-effective and high quality acute care services. The outcome is also focused on ensuring a safe supply of blood and blood-related products, increasing the rate of organ and tissue donation in Australia, and supporting doctors who provide private medical services.

The Department helped achieve Outcome 13 in 2007–08 by working with the states and territories to ensure obligations under the Australian Health Care Agreements were met, and supported blood and organ and tissue donation-related programs. The Department also managed funding for medical indemnity programs and initiatives to collect data on and measure the performance of public hospital services.

This chapter reports on the major activities undertaken by the Department during the year, addressing each of the key strategic directions and performance indicators published in the Outcome 13 chapters of the 2007–08 Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget Statements and 2007–08 Health and Ageing Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements.

The Acute Care Division was responsible for managing Outcome 13 in 2007–08.