Review of Pricing Arrangements in Residential Aged Care

CONTENTS

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Acknowledgments, Contents, Abbreviations, Key Points

Overview
Key Points, Overview

1   Introduction
1.1   The review of pricing arrangements in residential aged care
1.2   The Commission’s submission
1.3   Key terms and the interdependencies between aged care services

2   The aged care industry — a snapshot
2.1   Aged care — what does it cover?
2.2   The informal sector
2.3   The formal sector

3   Current funding and regulatory arrangements
3.1   A profile of aged care funding
3.2   Residential care services
3.3   Community care services
3.4   Flexible care services
3.5   Carer support services
3.6   Regulatory arrangements — a broad profile
3.7   Expenditure trends for aged care services

4   A framework for assessing funding and delivery arrangements
4.1   Criteria for assessing aged care funding and delivery

5   An assessment of the current system
5.1   Equity
5.2   Efficiency
5.3   Quality of care
5.4   Choice and flexibility
5.5   Sustainability

6   Demand, utilisation and costs
6.1   Factors influencing future demand
6.2   Future residential aged care use
6.3   Residential aged care costs
6.4   Concluding comments

7   Improving the aged care system
7.1   Making improvements within the current framework
7.2   Going beyond the current framework

A   Demand for residential aged care
A.1   Possible demand offsets to an ageing population
A.2   Demand and utilisation

B   Residential aged care projections
B.1   Population projections
B.2   Residential aged care use — assumed rates for key variables
B.3   Residential aged care use projections

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