Open AccessPRICE INDICES FOR AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC HOSPITALS
Author(s) -
Schapper P.R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
community health studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 0314-9021
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1981.tb00332.x
Subject(s) - gdp deflator , index (typography) , inflation (cosmology) , consumer price index (south africa) , price index , economics , producer price index , demographic economics , price level , econometrics , macroeconomics , computer science , mid price , real gross domestic product , monetary policy , physics , world wide web , theoretical physics
Summary A price index for hospital inputs was presented for the period 1970‐71 to 1978‐79. For non‐labour inputs the CPI was found to be satisfactory. For labour inputs, a single labour price index was generally satisfactory for all States and a wide range of hospitals —although some exceptions were apparent. It was found that the deflator used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has significantly underestimated the impact of inflation in hospitals.