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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 5 Hansard (3 May) . . Page.. 1546 ..


1998/99 1999/00 2000/01

Paediatrics $38,612 $9,828

*Pathology $43,492 $37,496 $1,532,107

Pharmacology $512 $444

Psychiatry $106,044 $92,267 $66,929

Radiation Oncology $91,496 $1,093,353 $856,351

**Radiology $1,870 $0 $730,478

Rehabilitation &

Geriatrics $102,516 $83,308 $54,254

Renal Medicine $27,861 $80,101 $118,273

Thoracic Medicine $194,657 $203,393 $139,968

Urology $0 $4,208 $0

Grand Total $1,517,653 $2,489,525 $4,653,645

Notes

* Until 30 June 2000 the Commonwealth provided a Health Program Grant to cover Outpatient private pathology. Since 1 July 2000 funding is provided through bulk-billing.

** Until 30 June 2000 private Radiology patients were individually billed by TCH. From 1 July 2000 bulk-billing was introduced.

1 (b) The moneys are disbursed by the Hospital as an agent for the doctors under the provisions of the doctors' employment contracts as follows:

1. A standard facility fee of 20% is charged by the Hospital for most specialties, and is deducted to contribute towards the Hospital's costs of providing accommodation, administration and accounting, and clinical services;

2. a higher facility fee of up to 100% is charged for Clinics with high capital costs such as medical imaging and radiation oncology;

3. payments are made to the doctors according to the various private practice Schemes; and

4. Under their contracts the doctors agree to donate the balances to the Private Practice Fund. Moneys held are available to fund research, attendance at conferences, capital equipment and other defined purposes.

Details of the private practice transactions are published in the Hospital's Annual Report as part of the Hospital's Financial Statement. The monies include receipts from both Outpatient and Inpatient services.


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