Victorian report, April 2016

In this report

This report includes the following tables:

• State pool account transactions
  • Table 1a – State pool account transactions – Victoria, April 2016
  • Table 1b – State pool account transactions YTD – Victoria, April 2016
• State managed fund transactions
  • Table 2a – State managed fund transactions – Victoria, April 2016
  • Table 2b – State managed fund transactions YTD – Victoria, April 2016
• NHR funding and payments by service category
  • Table 3 – NHR funding and payments by service category – Victoria, April 2016
• NHR contributions by local hospital network
  • Table 4a – NHR contributions by local hospital network – Victoria, April 2016
  • Table 4b – NHR contributions by local hospital network YTD – Victoria, April 2016
• Estimated monthly, YTD and annual activity
  • Table 5 – Estimated monthly, YTD and annual NWAU by local hospital network – Victoria, April 2016

This report is issued by the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool under section 240 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.

This report is prepared on a cash basis. It shows monthly and year-to-date (YTD) National Health Reform (NHR) funding and payments for Victoria for April 2016 as part of the National Health Reform Agreement.

Local hospital networks and National Health Reform

A local hospital network (LHN) is an organisation that provides public hospital services in accordance with the Agreement. An LHN can contain one or more hospitals, and is usually defined as a business group, geographical area or community. Every Australian public hospital is part of an LHN.

Note: The term ‘local hospital network’ is a national term. Some states and territories use their own terminology to describe these networks, such as local health districts, health organisations, and hospital and health services.

Under the Agreement, LHNs receive funding for the following public hospital services:

• All admitted and non-admitted services
• All emergency department services provided by a recognised emergency department
• Other outpatient, mental health, sub-acute services and other services that could reasonably be considered a public hospital service.

Note: LHNs also receive funding from other sources, including the Commonwealth, states and territories, and third parties for the provision of other specific functions and services outside the scope of the Agreement, for example dental services, primary care, home and community care, residential aged care and pharmaceuticals. For further information on total funding to a particular LHN, contact the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services to view the service agreement for that LHN.

Note: Amounts shown in the monthly reports do not include the New South Wales contributions to Victoria for Albury Wodonga Health.

Basis for National Health Reform payments – Victoria, April 2016

For the basis of the Commonwealth contribution to NHR funding, see Basis of Commonwealth NHR funding, 2015-16.

The basis used to determine NHR payments to LHNs in Victoria for April 2016 was advised by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services to be as follows:

Reference information

The financial information outlined in the following report is categorised as:

• NHR funding – when the Commonwealth or state or territory government pays NHR funding into a state pool account or state managed fund.
• NHR payments – when NHR funding that has been deposited into a state pool account or state managed fund is paid out of the state pool account by the Administrator, or is paid out of the state managed fund by the state or territory.

State pool account transactions

Table 1a – State pool account transactions – Victoria, April 2016

This table shows funding paid into the Victorian state pool account by the Commonwealth, Victoria or other states/territories, and payments out of the state pool account to LHNs, the state managed fund, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services or the state pool accounts of other states/territories for April 2016.

NHR funding by source	Paid into state pool account	Paid out of state pool account
		To Local hospital networks	To State Managed Fund	To state health department	To state pool (other State)	Total paid out
	($)	($)	($)	($)	($)	($)
Commonwealth ABF funding	296,769,968	296,769,968				296,769,968
Commonwealth Block funding	41,687,584		41,687,584			41,687,584
Commonwealth Other funding	7,315,651			7,315,651		7,315,651
Total C'wealth funding	345,773,204	296,769,968	41,687,584	7,315,651		345,773,204
VIC funding	265,936,113	265,626,711		309,402	0	265,936,113
Other state/territory funding	0		0	0		0
Total	611,709,317	562,396,679	41,687,584	7,625,054	0	611,709,317

See definitions and explanatory notes following table 1b.

Table 1b – State pool account transactions YTD – Victoria, April 2016

Following on from table 1a, this table shows year-to-date (YTD) funding paid into the Victorian state pool account by the Commonwealth, Victoria or other states/territories, and payments out of the state pool account to LHNs, the state managed fund, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services or the state pool accounts of other states/territories as at April 2016.

NHR funding by source	Paid into state pool account	Paid out of state pool account
		To Local hospital networks YTD	To State Managed Fund YTD	To state health department YTD	To state pool (other State) YTD	Total paid out YTD
	($)	($)	($)	($)	($)	($)
Commonwealth ABF funding	3,001,331,915	3,001,331,915				3,001,331,915
Commonwealth Block funding	405,055,240		405,055,240			405,055,240
Commonwealth Other funding	73,796,417			73,796,417		73,796,417
Total C'wealth funding	3,480,183,572	3,001,331,915	405,055,240	73,796,417		3,480,183,572
VIC funding	3,713,010,295	3,710,202,738		2,807,557	0	3,713,010,295
Other state/territory funding	0		0	0		0
Total	7,193,193,867	6,711,534,653	405,055,240	76,603,974	0	7,193,193,867

Commonwealth ABF funding represents Acute admitted, Non-admitted, Emergency department, Sub-acute, and Admitted mental health service categories, which are funded by the Commonwealth through the state pool account and subsequently paid to LHNs.

Commonwealth Block funding represents Non-admitted mental health, Small rural hospitals, Teaching, training & research, and Other non-admitted categories, which are funded by the Commonwealth and paid to the state managed fund.

Commonwealth Other funding represents other amounts funded by the Commonwealth, transacted through the state pool account and subsequently paid to state or territory health departments. This currently represents the Commonwealth contribution to public health.

VIC funding represents funding contributions paid by Victoria into its own state pool account, and subsequently paid to LHNs within the state, to the Victorian health department and/or to other state pool accounts.

Other state/territory funding represents contributions paid to Victoria by other states and territories for cross-border activity.

Note: The grey shaded areas in these tables reflect cells that are not applicable for a particular 'paid out' column. For example, Commonwealth block funding is only paid to state managed funds and not to local hospital networks or state health departments.

NHR funding and payments shown in these tables include GST where applicable.

For more information, see National Health Reform funding and payments.

State managed fund transactions

Table 2a – State managed fund transactions – Victoria, April 2016

This table shows funding paid into the Victoria state managed fund by the Commonwealth and Victoria, and payments out of the state managed fund to LHNs and other provider organisations for April 2016.

NHR funding by source	Paid into state managed fund	Paid out of state managed fund
		To local hospital networks	To Other	Total paid out
	($)	($)	($)	($)
Commonwealth Block funding	41,687,584			41,687,584
State/territory Block funding	41,553,988			41,553,988
Total	83,241,572	78,134,701	5,106,871	83,241,572

See explanatory notes following table 2b.

Table 2b – State managed fund transactions YTD – Victoria, April 2016

Following on from table 2a, this table shows year-to-date (YTD) funding paid into the Victorian state managed fund by the Commonwealth and Victoria, and YTD payments out of the state managed fund to LHNs and other provider organisations as at April 2016.

NHR funding by source	Paid into state managed fund YTD	Paid out of state managed fund YTD
		To local hospital networks YTD	To Other YTD	Total paid out YTD
	($)	($)	($)	($)
Commonwealth Block funding	405,055,240			405,055,240
State/territory Block funding	535,409,353			535,409,353
Total	940,464,593	920,942,340	19,522,254	940,464,593

Block funding represents Non-admitted mental health, Small rural hospitals, Teaching, training & research, and Other non-admitted categories.

Commonwealth Block funding represents Commonwealth block funding contributions paid into the state managed fund from the state pool account, and block payments out of the state managed fund to LHNs and other provider organisations.

State/territory Block funding represents Victorian block funding contributions into the state managed fund, and block payments out of the state managed fund to LHNs and other provider organisations.

Note: The grey shaded areas in these tables reflect that these block payments cannot at this stage be identified by source of funding (state, territory or Commonwealth contribution).

NHR funding and payments shown in these tables include GST where applicable.

For more, see National Health Reform funding and payments.

NHR funding and payments by service category

Table 3 – NHR funding and payments by service category – Victoria, April 2016

This table shows NHR funding and payments by service category on both a monthly and year-to-date (YTD) basis for Victoria for April 2016. NHR funding and payments are separated into the following service categories – activity-based funding (ABF), block funding, and other funding.

Service category	NHR funding	NHR payments	NHR funding YTD	NHR payments YTD
	($)	($)	($)	($)
ABF
Acute admitted	*	*	*	*
Admitted mental health	*	*	*	*
Sub-acute	*	*	*	*
Emergency department	*	*	*	*
Non-admitted	*	*	*	*
Total ABF (Pool)	562,666,579	562,396,679	6,713,546,569	6,711,534,653
Block
Small rural hospitals	*	*	*	*
Teaching, training & research	*	*	*	*
Non-admitted mental health	*	*	*	*
Other non-admitted services	*	*	*	*
Total Block (SMF)	83,241,572	83,241,572	940,464,593	940,464,593
Other
Public health funding	7,315,651	7,315,651	73,796,417	73,796,417
Overdeposit	0	269,900	0	2,011,916
Cross-border	0	0	0	0
Interest	39,502	39,502	795,641	795,641
Total Other (Pool)	7,355,153	7,625,054	74,592,058	76,603,974
Grand Total	653,263,304	653,263,304	7,728,603,220	7,728,603,220

*Victoria has advised it is unable to provide payment information by service category as its 2015-16 service agreements with LHNs do not set separate budgets at that level.

Total ABF (Pool) is an aggregate of both Commonwealth and state or territory NHR funding and payments for activity-based funding (ABF) which is transacted through the state pool account.

Total Block (SMF) is an aggregate of both Commonwealth and state or territory NHR funding and payments for block funding which is transacted through the state managed fund (SMF).

Total Other (Pool) represents other funding and payments transacted through the state pool account, including public health funding, overdeposits, cross-border funding and payments, and interest.

State and territory cross-border payments can either be:

• Paid to the relevant state or territory's LHNs - included within ABF and/or block payments in the above table, or
• Reimbursed to the relevant state or territory where the state or territory's LHNs are already being funded for the cost of treating cross-border patients - shown in the Cross-border row under Other in the above table.

NHR funding and payments shown in these tables include GST where applicable.

For more information, see National Health Reform funding and payments.

NHR contributions by local hospital network

Table 4a – NHR contributions by local hospital network – Victoria, April 2016

This table shows NHR contributions (from state, territory and Commonwealth sources) made to each LHN in Victoria during April 2016.

NHR contributions to LHNs are separated into an activity-based funding (ABF) component and a block component.

Local hospital network (LHN)	ABF component (ex GST)	Block component (ex GST)	Total NHR payment (ex GST)
	($)	($)	($)
Albury Wodonga Health	6,717,000	1,488,500	8,205,500
Alexandra District Hospital	0	395,500	395,500
Alfred Health	44,057,000	3,519,000	47,576,000
Alpine Health	0	737,000	737,000
Austin Health	36,733,000	3,177,000	39,910,000
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service	3,365,000	135,000	3,500,000
Ballarat Health Services	14,012,000	2,017,513	16,029,513
Barwon Health	26,221,000	2,893,313	29,114,313
Bass Coast Regional Health	1,971,000	99,000	2,070,000
Beaufort & Skipton Health Service	0	282,000	282,000
Beechworth Health Service	0	253,000	253,000
Benalla Health	1,170,000	18,000	1,188,000
Bendigo Health Care Group	13,378,000	2,928,820	16,306,820
Boort District Health	0	148,000	148,000
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem	3,431,890	93,000	3,524,890
Casterton Memorial Hospital	0	240,000	240,000
Castlemaine Health	1,175,000	19,500	1,194,500
Central Gippsland Health Service	3,523,000	209,650	3,732,650
Cobram District Health	0	411,000	411,000
Cohuna District Hospital	0	313,000	313,000
Colac Area Health	1,511,000	16,000	1,527,000
Contracted Services LHN - Victoria	2,774,000	0	2,774,000
Dental Health Services Victoria	0	0	0
Djerriwarrh Health Services	3,028,000	29,000	3,057,000
Dunmunkle Health Services	0	73,000	73,000
East Grampians Health Service	1,079,000	97,000	1,176,000
East Wimmera Health Service	0	665,000	665,000
Eastern Health	43,002,000	5,702,300	48,704,300
Echuca Regional Health	2,643,000	252,900	2,895,900
Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital	0	224,000	224,000
Gippsland Southern Health Service	1,191,000	22,000	1,213,000
Goulburn Valley Health	9,172,000	1,558,650	10,730,650
Heathcote Health	0	144,000	144,000
Hepburn Health Service	0	540,000	540,000
Hesse Rural Health Service	0	122,000	122,000
Heywood Rural Health	0	156,000	156,000
Inglewood & Districts Health Service	0	120,000	120,000
Kerang District Health	0	396,000	396,000
Kilmore & District Hospital	0	732,000	732,000
Kooweerup Regional Health Services	0	345,000	345,000
Kyabram & District Health Services	839,000	5,000	844,000
Kyneton District Health Service	0	575,000	575,000
Latrobe Regional Hospital	9,872,000	2,438,965	12,310,965
Lorne Community Hospital	0	159,000	159,000
Maldon Hospital	0	71,000	71,000
Mallee Track Health and Community Service	0	268,500	268,500
Mansfield District Hospital	0	439,000	439,000
Maryborough District Health Service	1,066,000	24,000	1,090,000
Melbourne Health	38,236,000	8,931,000	47,167,000
Mercy Public Hospitals Inc.	17,552,000	1,723,000	19,275,000
Monash Health	74,895,000	7,720,300	82,615,300
Moyne Health Services	0	237,000	237,000
Nathalia District Hospital	0	124,000	124,000
Northeast Health Wangaratta	5,543,000	263,800	5,806,800
Northern Health	23,825,000	690,000	24,515,000
Numurkah District Health Service	0	518,000	518,000
Omeo District Health	0	113,000	113,000
Orbost Regional Health	0	383,000	383,000
Otway Health & Community Services	0	175,000	175,000
Peninsula Health	24,911,000	2,522,000	27,433,000
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute	6,780,000	215,000	6,995,000
Portland District Health	1,546,000	3,000	1,549,000
Ramsay Health Care Limited (Mildura Base Hospital)	5,809,000	767,400	6,576,400
Robinvale District Health Services	0	380,000	380,000
Rochester & Elmore District Health Service	0	331,000	331,000
Rural Northwest Health	0	551,000	551,000
Seymour District Memorial Hospital	0	795,000	795,000
South Gippsland Hospital	0	348,000	348,000
South West Healthcare	6,817,000	1,256,500	8,073,500
St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne)	25,541,000	3,843,000	29,384,000
Stawell Regional Health	880,000	24,000	904,000
Swan Hill District Health	2,048,000	33,900	2,081,900
Tallangatta Health Service	0	222,000	222,000
Terang & Mortlake Health Service	0	485,000	485,000
The Royal Children's Hospital	26,263,000	2,385,400	28,648,400
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital	5,328,000	123,000	5,451,000
The Royal Women's Hospital	11,891,000	264,000	12,155,000
Timboon & District Healthcare Service	0	250,000	250,000
Upper Murray Health & Community Services	0	248,000	248,000
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health	0	3,179,000	3,179,000
West Gippsland Healthcare Group	3,918,000	164,000	4,082,000
West Wimmera Health Service	0	838,000	838,000
Western District Health Service	2,317,000	283,650	2,600,650
Western Health	37,610,000	1,444,000	39,054,000
Wimmera Health Care Group	3,245,000	90,000	3,335,000
Yarram & District Health Service	0	330,000	330,000
Yarrawonga Health	0	531,000	531,000
Yea & District Memorial Hospital	0	154,000	154,000
Total	556,885,890	77,492,061	634,377,951

See explanatory notes below table 4b.

Table 4b – NHR contributions by local hospital network YTD – Victoria, April 2016

This table shows YTD NHR contributions (from state, territory and Commonwealth sources) made to each LHN in Victoria as at April 2016.

NHR contributions to LHNs are separated into an activity-based funding (ABF) component and a block component.

Local hospital network	ABF component YTD (ex GST)	Block component YTD (ex GST)	Total NHR payment YTD (ex GST)
	($)	($)	($)
Albury Wodonga Health	80,719,559	17,962,264	98,681,823
Alexandra District Hospital	0	4,700,543	4,700,543
Alfred Health	524,176,117	41,907,345	566,083,462
Alpine Health	0	9,054,579	9,054,579
Austin Health	438,107,874	38,706,134	476,814,008
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service	39,970,000	1,809,074	41,779,074
Ballarat Health Services	167,084,312	23,966,635	191,050,947
Barwon Health	312,972,469	34,174,537	347,147,006
Bass Coast Regional Health	23,671,607	971,000	24,642,607
Beaufort & Skipton Health Service	0	3,321,041	3,321,041
Beechworth Health Service	0	3,027,902	3,027,902
Benalla Health	13,875,000	223,000	14,098,000
Bendigo Health Care Group	159,525,607	33,382,136	192,907,743
Boort District Health	0	1,774,733	1,774,733
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem	20,817,890	761,000	21,578,890
Casterton Memorial Hospital	0	2,873,119	2,873,119
Castlemaine Health	15,765,000	216,500	15,981,500
Central Gippsland Health Service	41,858,000	1,807,650	43,665,650
Cobram District Health	0	4,954,746	4,954,746
Cohuna District Hospital	0	3,934,736	3,934,736
Colac Area Health	17,938,000	223,000	18,161,000
Contracted Services LHN - Victoria	33,485,779	0	33,485,779
Dental Health Services Victoria	0	0	0
Djerriwarrh Health Services	33,260,288	446,000	33,706,288
Dunmunkle Health Services	0	887,555	887,555
East Grampians Health Service	12,827,000	1,051,923	13,878,923
East Wimmera Health Service	0	7,990,451	7,990,451
Eastern Health	516,512,679	67,440,328	583,953,007
Echuca Regional Health	31,353,217	1,945,212	33,298,429
Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital	0	2,701,714	2,701,714
Gippsland Southern Health Service	14,129,000	286,000	14,415,000
Goulburn Valley Health	109,221,902	18,029,081	127,250,983
Heathcote Health	0	1,733,156	1,733,156
Hepburn Health Service	0	6,514,180	6,514,180
Hesse Rural Health Service	0	1,474,498	1,474,498
Heywood Rural Health	0	1,873,113	1,873,113
Inglewood & Districts Health Service	0	1,443,921	1,443,921
Kerang District Health	0	4,870,552	4,870,552
Kilmore & District Hospital	0	8,915,264	8,915,264
Kooweerup Regional Health Services	0	4,080,704	4,080,704
Kyabram & District Health Services	10,337,617	105,083	10,442,700
Kyneton District Health Service	0	6,966,146	6,966,146
Latrobe Regional Hospital	117,674,627	28,370,430	146,045,057
Lorne Community Hospital	0	1,905,066	1,905,066
Maldon Hospital	0	850,439	850,439
Mallee Track Health and Community Service	0	3,149,574	3,149,574
Mansfield District Hospital	0	5,361,261	5,361,261
Maryborough District Health Service	12,662,000	397,500	13,059,500
Melbourne Health	459,541,852	104,922,179	564,464,031
Mercy Public Hospitals Inc.	210,202,216	21,564,720	231,766,936
Monash Health	894,248,734	90,778,446	985,027,180
Moyne Health Services	0	2,843,800	2,843,800
Nathalia District Hospital	0	1,480,390	1,480,390
Northeast Health Wangaratta	66,192,339	2,345,300	68,537,639
Northern Health	287,937,255	8,513,000	296,450,255
Numurkah District Health Service	0	6,793,990	6,793,990
Omeo District Health	0	1,328,571	1,328,571
Orbost Regional Health	0	4,633,959	4,633,959
Otway Health & Community Services	0	2,080,738	2,080,738
Peninsula Health	297,047,102	29,998,808	327,045,910
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute	80,904,450	2,789,000	83,693,450
Portland District Health	18,349,000	271,000	18,620,000
Ramsay Health Care Limited (Mildura Base Hospital)	69,800,221	9,816,431	79,616,652
Robinvale District Health Services	0	4,528,015	4,528,015
Rochester & Elmore District Health Service	0	3,929,009	3,929,009
Rural Northwest Health	0	6,533,200	6,533,200
Seymour District Memorial Hospital	0	9,693,106	9,693,106
South Gippsland Hospital	0	4,261,201	4,261,201
South West Healthcare	83,292,743	13,723,957	97,016,700
St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne)	304,113,395	44,732,520	348,845,915
Stawell Regional Health	10,454,000	325,000	10,779,000
Swan Hill District Health	24,318,000	638,900	24,956,900
Tallangatta Health Service	0	2,632,476	2,632,476
Terang & Mortlake Health Service	0	4,411,775	4,411,775
The Royal Children's Hospital	313,564,171	26,312,424	339,876,595
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital	63,502,250	1,482,000	64,984,250
The Royal Women's Hospital	155,625,570	1,994,799	157,620,369
Timboon & District Healthcare Service	0	3,020,159	3,020,159
Upper Murray Health & Community Services	0	3,187,170	3,187,170
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health	0	38,770,459	38,770,459
West Gippsland Healthcare Group	46,546,000	1,914,000	48,460,000
West Wimmera Health Service	0	10,045,919	10,045,919
Western District Health Service	27,643,040	3,618,650	31,261,690
Western Health	447,931,821	14,928,976	462,860,797
Wimmera Health Care Group	38,533,000	1,561,000	40,094,000
Yarram & District Health Service	0	3,960,960	3,960,960
Yarrawonga Health	0	6,522,242	6,522,242
Yea & District Memorial Hospital	0	1,825,799	1,825,799
Total	6,647,692,703	913,254,873	7,560,947,576

NHR contributions in this table are GST exclusive to enable comparability of NHR payments in each LHN report.

Note: This table excludes GST.
The majority of government funding to LHNs is not subject to GST. However in some cases hospital funding to non-government entities does attract GST, for example, denominational hospitals, privately and commercially owned health facilities, or any other non-government third party provider of health services or related supplies.

For more information, see National Health Reform funding and payments.

Estimated monthly, YTD and annual activity

States and territories provide service volume estimates at the start of each financial year, and if required, can continue to refine these estimates during the course of the year. These estimates form the basis of monthly reporting of service volumes until actual service numbers become available. These estimates are expressed as National Weighted Activity Units (NWAU).

States and territories provide estimated annual NWAU to the Administrator as a basis for determining the Commonwealth activity-based funding. Current month NWAU estimates accumulate through the year-to-date (YTD) NWAU, to be equal to the annual NWAU at the end of the financial year.

States and territories may also provide activity information relating to the delivery of other public hospital functions funded.

Table 5 – Estimated monthly, YTD and annual NWAU by local hospital network – Victoria, April 2016

This table shows estimated state or territory hospital activity for activity-based funding services expressed as NWAU for April 2016, the associated cumulative year-to-date (YTD), and total estimated annual NWAU for each LHN in Victoria.

Local hospital network (LHN)	Estimated NWAU funded in current month	Estimated NWAU funded YTD	Estimated annual NWAU 2015-16
Albury Wodonga Health	1,745	15,305	18,795
Alfred Health	12,958	117,069	142,985
Austin Health	9,370	98,070	116,811
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service	1,145	10,314	12,603
Ballarat Health Services	4,005	41,383	49,392
Barwon Health	7,491	78,504	93,487
Bass Coast Regional Health	636	5,818	7,090
Benalla Health	374	3,103	3,852
Bendigo Health Care Group	3,677	41,638	48,991
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem	646	3,337	4,628
Castlemaine Health	567	3,863	4,997
Central Gippsland Health Service	897	9,416	11,210
Colac Area Health	544	4,129	5,217
Contracted Services LHN - Victoria	0	12,377	10,296
Djerriwarrh Health Services	657	6,435	7,748
East Grampians Health Service	248	2,781	3,277
Eastern Health	13,682	127,361	154,725
Echuca Regional Health	894	6,795	8,583
Gippsland Southern Health Service	304	2,691	3,299
Goulburn Valley Health	2,637	25,638	30,911
Kyabram & District Health Services	267	2,255	2,788
Latrobe Regional Hospital	2,936	27,911	33,783
Maryborough District Health Service	222	2,526	2,971
Melbourne Health	9,470	98,624	117,565
Mercy Public Hospitals Inc.	4,784	48,822	58,389
Monash Health	23,850	219,319	267,020
Northeast Health Wangaratta	1,700	16,259	19,660
Northern Health	9,271	77,463	96,005
Peninsula Health	7,822	73,579	89,223
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute	2,273	18,628	23,174
Portland District Health	373	3,578	4,324
Ramsay Health Care Limited (Mildura Base Hospital)	1,546	16,389	19,481
South West Healthcare	1,444	17,902	20,790
St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne)	7,231	71,950	86,412
Stawell Regional Health	292	2,494	3,078
Swan Hill District Health	995	6,642	8,630
The Royal Children's Hospital	5,954	65,788	77,696
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital	1,518	16,374	19,410
The Royal Women's Hospital	3,250	36,347	42,847
West Gippsland Healthcare Group	880	11,517	13,277
Western District Health Service	774	5,795	7,343
Western Health	10,903	112,920	134,727
Wimmera Health Care Group	1,225	9,329	11,779
Total	161,457	1,578,436	1,899,269

An NWAU is a measure of health service activity expressed as a common unit. It provides a way of comparing and valuing each public hospital service, whether they are admissions, emergency department presentations or outpatient episodes, by weighting them for their clinical complexity. The average hospital service is worth one NWAU - the most intensive and expensive activities are worth multiple NWAU, the simplest and least expensive are worth fractions of an NWAU.

Monthly NHR payments relate to the cash needs of public hospitals and do not necessarily reflect the volume of services to be delivered in the month.

For more information on the NWAU calculation, see Calculation of NWAU.