The Hogan Report

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The Hogan Report Cul de Sac or Highway?
Ron Thompson
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Politically Excellent
? 1.75 ? 3,500 per bed ? Neutralised aged care
as an election issue
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Breathing Space
? Incremental change ? ACAT Assessments for Low
to High Care gone ? Bond Guarantee Fund ?
Political reality Doctors and Medicare are more
important
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Indexation
? 3.75 in 2004 ? No link or reality to wage
increases ? Superannuation, Workers compn
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Competitive Wages
? Wage Pressures ? Nursing Shortage ? Competing
in a market where the dominant employer receives
500 per day for medical patients
A true visionary leader, Matron Kwok
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Capital Creation
? Increase in concessional supplement and
accommodation charge good ? 10.0B of capital
needs now fully funded?? ? Fiction of separating
high hand low care ? What is the story when we
move to a 3-tier RCS?
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The Hogan Report?
? Bronze Medal ? Good Early Start ? Faltered near
the finish line ? With experience will do well
next time around