Key features of the National Health Reform Agreement include:
- Improving patient access to services and public hospital efficiency through the use of activity based funding based on a national efficient price;
- increased Commonwealth share of public hospital funding through an increased contribution to the costs of growth from 2014-15;
- greater transparency in public hospital funding through a National Health Funding Pool;
- improved standards of clinical care, performance reporting and accountability;
- improved performance transparency through the establishment of the National Health Performance Authority to report on Tasmanian Health Organisation performance (the name being given to Tasmanian Local Hospital Networks);
- improved local accountability and responsiveness to needs of communities through the establishment of Tasmanian Health Organisations;
- improved the provision of GP and primary health care services through the establishment of Medicare Locals;
- improved aged care and disability services.