Better health and ageing for all Australians

Data Collections

Round 8 (2003-2004) Cost Reports version 4.2 and version 5.0

This page contains Round 8 Cost Reports and published national cost weights for public hospitals for AR-DRG versions 4.2 and 5.0.

In this section:

Round 8 Cost Report

Published Public National Cost Weights

Published State Cost Weights

Published Private National Cost Weights

  • The private sector National Hospital Cost Data Collection was not performed due to budget constraints.

Hospital Reference Manual

Peer Group Package

Notes - Round 8 Cost Report

  1. All DRGs that had less than 5 separations have not been reported in order to protect the identity of the participating hospitals and the confidentiality of patients involved. These DRGs are marked '*******' in the cost weights tables.
  2. If the number of contributing hospitals for a particular DRG is less than three, then that data had been suppressed in order to protect the identity of the participating hospitals. These DRGs are marked '------' in the cost weights tables.
  3. If the number of separations for a particular DRG is less than 5 and if the number of contributing hospitals for that DRG is less than three, then these DRGs are marked '******' and the 'no of Hosp' cell for the particular DRG is marked '------' in the cost weights tables.

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