Hospital Demand Management Strategy

The Hospital Demand Management (HDM) Strategy is a four-year funding strategy, implementing the recommendations of the Patient Management Taskforce. Its purpose is to enhance the capacity of public hospitals to meet the growth in demand for their services. In 2001-02, the state budget provided the HDM Strategy with $582 million in new funding over the four year period. This included $150 million over four years for the Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP).

In 2002-03, many projects initiated in 2001-02 received recurrent funding. A further $84 million funded new projects. As in 2001-02, packages of projects targetted to address local needs were negotiated with Health Services. A rigorous selection process has resulted in the Hospital Admission Risk Program funding further projects at each metropolitan Health Service, as well as through primary care agencies working in collaboration with Health Services. Major regional hospitals have also received some funding under HARP.

Follow the links below for Fact Sheets ( PDF format) on the HDM initiatives in metropolitan hospitals throughout 2002-03. (Download Help)

A&RMC ( PDF File 146 KB)
Barwon Health ( PDF File 127 KB)
Bayside Health ( PDF File 157 KB)
Eastern Health ( PDF File 286 KB)
Melbourne Health ( PDF File 140 KB)
Northern Health ( PDF File 199 KB)
Peninsula Health ( PDF File 306 KB)
Southern Health ( PDF File 128 KB)
St Vincent's Health ( PDF File 126 KB)
Western Health ( PDF File 277 KB)
Regional Hospitals ( PDF File 134 KB)
Primary Care Agencies ( PDF File 131 KB)