Victoria and South Australia spend the least cash per individual operating public hospitals and have the fewest hospital workers for his or her populations, Australia's productiveness watchdog has revealed.
In the meantime, the Northern Territory has the perfect staffing charges and public hospital funding per individual, based on the newly launched Productiveness Fee's annual Report on Authorities Providers.
The report reveals Victorian public hospitals acquired the equal of $2687 per individual in recurrent funding in 2019-20, in contrast with the nationwide common of $2971 per individual.
South Australian hospitals acquired not far more, at $2730 per individual, whereas NSW additionally got here below the common with $2887 per individual.
Nonetheless, the report notes "substantial expenditures for NSW residents" got here out of the ACT expenditure determine of $3835, which means the NSW determine is definitely greater.
Funding was at $3094 in Queensland, $3366 in Western Australia, $3294 in Tasmania, and $6071 in Northern Territory.
It must be famous the figures don't embrace additional hospital funding supplied throughout the pandemic.
Whereas Victoria acquired the bottom quantity of funding per individual, its funding allocation has been barely growing yr on yr.
The funding per individual in Victoria has elevated marginally annually for the previous seven years, up from $2092 in 2012-2013.
South Australia's funding has additionally been growing all through the previous 4 years.
In the meantime, Western Australia's above-average expenditure has been step by step lowering yearly since 2015-2016, when it had $3839 per individual.
When it comes to public hospital staffing, South Australia got here in on the lowest, with a median of 12.9 full-time hospital workers per 1000 individuals.
Victoria and NSW have been additionally below the nationwide common of 15.7 workers, with 14.8 and 15.5 workers per 1000 individuals respectively.
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Northern Territory got here out on prime with 29.1 full-time workers members, adopted by 18.3 within the ACT and 17.7 in Tasmania.