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P K Loh1, Jenny Stevens, Mark Donaldson
1Department of Medicine University of Western Australia (UWA) at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH).
Abstract:
The increasing use of health services by the older population has placed significant stresses on the health system of Western Australia. This is a report of the development of a linked administrative database of health resource utilisation by the aged population of metropolitan Perth. Hospital administrative databases linked to clinical or administrative databases of other health providers are reviewed. Length of stay data is linked to aged care assessments, referrals to nursing homes and community services. The linked databases approach allows the study of resource allocation and can pinpoint systemic stress in aged care. It is a tool for reducing the duplication of services, the pressure on beds in health institutions, and cost by improving efficiencies.
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