- Improving efficiency and ensuring financial sustainability
- Delivering safe, high quality care in the right place at the right time
- Prioritising prevention and helping people manage health across their lifetime
- Driving best practice and performance using data and research
Public hospital services are jointly funded by the federal and state and territory governments. Activitybased funding (ABF) is the primary method of funding for public hospitals that have a large activity. Smaller and remote hospitals are often funded through block funding or a mix of both.
