Review of Pricing Arrangements

Review of Pricing Arrangements in Residential Aged Care - Summary of the Report

The pricing review of residential aged care examines the longer term prospects of residential aged care services with particular respect to future arrangements for private and public funding, performance improvement in the industry and longer term financing

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5 April, 2004
The Hon Julie Bishop MP
Minister for Ageing
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

Dear Minister,
Review of Pricing Arrangements in Residential Aged Care
I am pleased to present the Report of the Review of Pricing Arrangements in Residential Aged Care.

The main focus of the Review has been on the long-term prospects for the industry bearing particularly on sources of funding and pricing arrangements. An extensive array of matters has been taken into consideration including user contributions, relationships between residential care and other aged care programs, structural and regulatory matters, including disincentives, as well as the role of markets.

The document contains recommendations for the short, medium and long term. It is envisaged that those recommendations for the short and medium term would be considered for implementation before 2008. I have also included a number of long term options for consideration.

Yours sincerely,
Warren P Hogan
Reviewer