The IHPA has released this public consultation paper on the development of the Australian Non-Admitted Care Classification (ANACC). This consultation paper seeks stakeholders’ views on the potential characteristics of the ANACC system, including the patient condition and intervention characteristics that will form the key concepts in the classification hierarchy.

Introduction The implementation of a national Activity Based Funding (ABF) system is intended to improve public hospital efficiency and the transparency of funding contributions by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments for each Local Hospital Network (LHN) across Australia , and is a key component of the 2011 Council of Australian Governments’ National Health Reform...