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Brennan Report - Department of Health and Children

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<strong>Report</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Commission on Financial Management <strong>and</strong> Control Systems in the <strong>Health</strong> ServiceGLOSSARYTERMAccounting OfficerAnnual Financial StatementAnnual <strong>Report</strong>Appropriations-in-AidCapitation FeeCasemixCensus <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Service EmployeesCorporate GovernanceDeterminationDevelopment FundingDiagnosis Related GroupDispensing FeeDEFINITIONAn Accounting Officer has responsibility for the proprietyaspects <strong>of</strong> the accounts, for economy <strong>and</strong> efficiency in the use <strong>of</strong>resources <strong>and</strong> for the management system used to evaluateeffectiveness. When required to do so, the Accounting Officer isrequired to give evidence on these issues before the PublicAccounts Committee.Statutory accounts <strong>of</strong> health boards.<strong>Report</strong>/statement on the services provided by a healthboard in the preceding year <strong>and</strong> any other particulars(including financial statements) that the board considersappropriate.Income <strong>and</strong> Receipts on the <strong>Health</strong> Vote.A flat rate payment to GPs for each medical card holderregistered to his/her practice.The comparison <strong>of</strong> activity <strong>and</strong> costs between hospitals bymeasuring hospital output. The rationale for Casemix is to basefunding on measured costs <strong>and</strong> activity, rather than on lessobjective systems <strong>of</strong> resource allocation.The Census is a snapshot <strong>of</strong> total employment levels in thehealth service conducted annually by all health boards, onthe instruction <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Children</strong>, overthe last two weeks in each calendar year. See also "Whole-timeEquivalent".The way in which an organisation is directed <strong>and</strong> controlled soas to achieve its organisational goals <strong>and</strong> to deliveraccountability, transparency <strong>and</strong> probity.The annual allocation <strong>of</strong> funds from the <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong><strong>and</strong> <strong>Children</strong> to each health board.Funding provided specifically for the development <strong>of</strong> newservices.Diagnosis Related Groups are groups <strong>of</strong> cases with similarclinical attributes <strong>and</strong> resource requirements – e.g. a simpleappendicitis versus one where the appendix had burst. See alsoCasemix.Fee paid to pharmacists in respect <strong>of</strong> each prescriptionfilled under community drugs schemes.12

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