Health Services Act 1988

In this Division, case mix funding system means the system of funding health services provided by a public hospital or denominational hospital based on formulae that determine the relative weighting of particular classes of health services.

In this Division, public hospital includes—

a privately-operated hospital to the extent to which it provides health services to public hospital patients and references to patients must be construed as including public hospital patients in such a hospital; and

Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Victoria and any declared operator providing youth mental health and wellbeing services under a service agreement with Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Victoria—

to the extent to which the services are in-patient services provided to public patients; and

any references to patient must be construed as including an in‑patient to whom youth mental health and wellbeing services are provided to as a public patient.