Part 2 Commitments

| In order to achieve principles 1 to 3, the Commonwealth and States make the following commitments regarding public hospital services for eligible persons: | | Information about service provision | | Commitment 1: | The Commonwealth and a State must make available information on the public hospital services eligible persons can expect to receive as public patients | | Explanatory Note 1: | The joint Commonwealth/State development of a Public Patients' Hospital Charter for each State will be a vehicle for the public dissemination of this information. | | Explanatory Note 2: | The Charter will set out the public hospital services available to public patients. | | Efficiency and quality in service provision | | Commitment 2: | The Commonwealth and the States are committed to making improvements in the efficiency, effectiveness and quality of hospital service delivery | | Explanatory Note: | This includes a commitment to quality improvement, outcome measurement, management efficiency and effort to integrate the delivery of hospital and other health and community services. |