Final Report on RREF 2001 - Department of Health

Part C: Outcomes
Under the revised RREF: 24 LGAs have weightings of less than 30%; of these, 19 are in
metropolitan regions and only 5 are in rural regions, reflecting the location of large provincial
centres.
54 LGAs have weightings of 30% of more; of these, only 12 are in metropolitan regions and 42
are in rural regions.
6.6 DETAILED LGA SCALED SCORES AND NEED WEIGHTINGS
• The LGA scaled scores on the five need variables, total scores and percentage weightings
used to compile Tables 6.1 and 6.2 are set out in full in Appendix 3.
• These results are useful in demonstrating the way in which different need variables
contributed to overall need in each LGA and highlight the need factors that contribute to
variations in need between LGAs within any one region as well as between regions.
Step 7: Outcomes for Regional Allocation of Growth Funds
7.1 DEVELOPMENT OF INITIAL AND REVISED RREF OPTIONS
Methods
The modelling procedures used to develop the options presented in the Options Paper and for
the subsequent revisions are the same, and involved three steps beyond the development of the
base populations and projections already reported:
1. Calculating the base populations in each LGA, weighted for need,
2. Adding LGA results to give regional totals and the state total,
3. Allocating the available growth funds in proportion to the weighted base population in
each region.
The Options Paper provided illustrative examples of models with all six of the initial variables
or only four, and with and without adjustment to the weighting of selected need variables.
Preferred options for the number of variables and adjustment to need weightings were
canvassed in the Round 2 Consultations, and revised models then prepared incorporating these
preferences.
<strong>Report</strong>ing of outcomes
Outcomes of the models are reported in terms of the share of growth funds allocated to regions.
Outcomes as regional shares of growth funds were adopted because of the uncertainties in
predicting actual dollar allocations, which are dependent on both the level of growth funds made
available in both Commonwealth and State budget processes.
The percentage shares predicted under different RREF models provide only a guide to the actual
amounts of HACC funds that regions will receive in any year as there will be on-going change
due to the available growth funds, continuing change in populations and projections, and the
scores on need variables included in the models. Further, additional funding may be available
for special initiatives; the priority areas and amounts of these funds will vary from year to year.
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