• Anthony Bell, Julia Crilly, Ged Williams, Kate Wylie, Ghasem Sam Toloo, John Burke, and Gerry FitzGerald.
• Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Clinical Access and Redesign Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• Emerg Med Australas. 2014 Aug 1;26(4):408-10.

AbstractThe ongoing challenge for ED leaders is to remain abreast of system-wide changes that impact on the day-to-day management of their departments. Changes to the funding model creates another layer of complexity and this introductory paper serves as the beginning of a discussion about the way in which EDs are funded and how this can and will impact on business decisions, models of care and resource allocation within Australian EDs. Furthermore it is evident that any funding model today will mature and change with time, and moves are afoot to refine and contextualise ED funding over the medium term. This perspective seeks to provide a basis of understanding for our current and future funding arrangements in Australian EDs.© 2014 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine.

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