Page 917 - Week 03 - Thursday, 2 April 2020
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Addition information on changes IHPA’s peer grouping
For 2017-18, IHPA has changed the grouping of peer group hospitals. Definitions listed below:
• CHS is grouped under the peer namely Principal Referral hospital: ‘Principal referral hospitals are public acute hospitals that provide a very broad range of services, have a range of highly specialised service units, and have very large patient volumes. The term ‘referral’ recognises that these hospitals have specialist facilities not typically found in smaller hospitals.
• CPHB is grouped under the peer namely Public Acute Group A: ‘Public acute group A hospitals are public acute hospitals that provide a wide range of services typically including a 24-hour emergency department, intensive care unit, coronary care unit and oncology unit, but do not provide the breadth of services provided by Principal referral hospitals’.
Government—fees and charges
Mr Barr (in reply to a question by Mr Hanson on Wednesday, 19 February 2020):
There have been significant reductions in CTP premiums since the ACT Government began reforming the CTP Insurance Scheme to introduce competition in 2013, with premiums for private passenger vehicles reducing from a high of $644 in today’s dollars to $458 under the new Motor Accident Injuries Scheme that commenced on 1 February 2020.
It is difficult to compare the costs of vehicle registration across jurisdictions for a number of reasons:
• Government fee structures differ significantly, including how vehicle specifications are taken into account.
• There are a range of administration fees and levies that apply differently in each state and territory. Discounts may also apply, depending on the specific circumstances of the vehicle or owner.
o For example, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, gas and electric powered vehicles are entitled to 20 per cent discount on registration component. This discount increases to 55 per cent for primary producers with gas or electric powered vehicles.
• The overall amount paid for vehicle registration also includes compulsory third-party (CTP) insurance which typically makes up a large component of the amount. These premiums are not Government fees and charges and are on-passed to the licensed insurer selected by the motorist. There is no comparable publicly available data on CTP insurance premiums as some jurisdictions’ premiums include other charges and premiums reflect the significant differences in scheme design between jurisdictions.
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