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Review of the Auditor-General's Report no. 19: Administration of State and Territory Compliance with the Australian Health Care Agreements

15 August 2007

© Commonwealth of Australia 2007
ISBN 978-0-642-78966-2 (printed version)
ISBN 978-0-642-78967-9 (HTML version)

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Preliminary Pages (PDF 31KB)

Foreword
Membership of the Committee
Committee Secretariat
Terms of reference
List of abbreviations
List of recommendations

 
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF 73KB)

Australian health care agreements
Commonwealth responsibilities
State and territory responsibilities
Committee report – The Blame Game
Structure of the report

 
Chapter 2 Auditor-General’s report (PDF 70KB)

Audit objectives
Audit conclusion
Audit recommendations
Guidance to the states on assessment principles
Improve data on emergency and inpatient waiting times
Role of external auditors

 
Chapter 3 Adherence to clause 6 principles (PDF 109KB)

Clause 6 principles of the AHCAs
Assumption of adherence
Complaints and allegations
Hospital services as of 1 July 1998
Treatment in a clinically appropriate time
Elective surgery waiting times
Emergency department waiting times
Committee assessment of waiting times
Equitable access
Benchmarks
Rewarding good practice
Dispute resolution

 
Chapter 4 Financial reporting by the states and territories (PDF 60KB)

Measuring expenditure
Independent verification

 
Chapter 5 Performance reporting by the states and territories (PDF 67KB)

Compliance assessment requirements
Public accountability
Burden of data collection on the states

 
Chapter 6 Conclusion (PDF 84KB)

Performance audits in the states and territories

 
Appendix A - Witnesses at public hearing (PDF 33KB)

 

Appendix B – Relevant recommendations in The Blame Game[1] report (PDF 83KB)
 
Appendix C - State and Territory Auditors-General (PDF 85KB)

Performance audit reporting
Audit reports on services funded under AHCAs

 
Appendix D – Sample Australian Health Care Agreement[1] (PDF 163KB)

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