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Table 1 Income per occupied bed days (OBDs) breakdown for before and post-washout period, 2019 Australian dollars (AUD)

From: Cost analysis of employing general practitioners within residential aged care facilities based on a prospective, stepped-wedge, cluster randomised trial

Income category (AUD)

Before-washout perioda

Post-washout perioda

Difference

Basic Daily Care Fees

46.8

48.6

1.8

Extra Service Fees

3.7

5.1

1.4

Accommodation Fees & Funding

19.1

19.1

0.0

Daily Accommodation Payment

–

0.3

0.3

Bond Retention Fees

3.4

3.3

−0.1

Bond Income Received

2.6

1.8

−0.8

Government Funded

–

–

–

Subsidies (including ACFI subsidies)

152.4

172.5

20.1

Payroll Tax Subsidies

8.5

8.1

−0.3

Respite Funding

3.0

2.4

−0.5

Other Subsidies

0.5

1.5

1.0

Other Income (Medicare claims, etc.)

0.7

4.1

3.4

Total income (AUD/OBD)

240.8

266.9

26.1

  1. ACFI Aged Care Funding Instrument, OBD Occupied bed day
  2. aWashout period refers to the time at the start of implementation of the intervention care model