Budget 2003 -- Government of British Columbia.
   

Objectives, Strategies, Performance Measures and Targets – Continued

Core Business: Services Delivered by Partners

Goal:
3. A Sustainable, Affordable Health Care System
Objective 1: Provide care at the appropriate level in the appropriate setting by shifting the mix of acute/institutional care to more home/community care. Objective 2: Provide tailored care for key segments of the population to better address their specific health care needs and improve their quality of life. Objective 3: Keep people as healthy as possible by preventing disease, illness and disability and slowing the progression of chronic illness to minimize suffering and reduce care costs in the future. Objective 4: Manage within the available budget while meeting the priority needs of the population.

Priority Strategy 12: Service Quality Enhancement for Rural and Smaller Communities: Consolidate services where necessary to ensure there is a critical mass of expertise to deliver services safely, cost-effectively and at a high quality.

Priority Strategy 13: Managing within Budget Allocation: Manage the delivery of services within budget.

Performance Measures:

PS – PM #17 (Relates to Priority Strategy 13): Administrative and support services expenditures by health authorities.

Target 02/03: Reduction from 2001/02 administrative and support services expenditures

Target 03/04: Reduction from 2001/02 administrative and support services expenditures

Target 04/05: At least 7% reduction in annual expenditures for administrative and support services (excluding Information Systems) from 2001/02 baseline.

Target 05/06: Completed; moved to Schedule B of the HA Performance Agreements

PS – PM #18 (Relates to Priority Strategy 13): Health authorities in a balanced budget position over the two year period 2002/03 – 2003/04 and then are balanced in each subsequent fiscal year. (This PM is repeated under Stewardship).

Target 02/03 – 03/04: Expenditures will not exceed revenues over these two fiscal years combined

Target 04/05: Expenditures will not exceed revenues in this fiscal year

Target 05/06: Expenditures will not exceed revenues in this fiscal year

 

  
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