The Medical journal of Australia
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To develop a casemix classification to underpin a new funding model for residential aged care in Australia. ⋯ The care burden associated with frailty, mobility, function, cognition, behaviour and technical nursing needs drives residential aged care resource use. The AN-ACC is sufficiently robust for estimating the funding and staffing requirements of residential aged care facilities in Australia.
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Development and validation of a frailty index based on Australian Aged Care Assessment Program data.
To develop and validate a frailty index, derived from aged care eligibility assessment data. ⋯ We used Australian aged care eligibility assessment program data to construct and validate a frailty index. It can be employed in aged care research in Australia, but its application to aged care planning requires further investigation.