Outgoing minister says combination of more medium-term housing and dedicated staff has dropped average discharge rate to a record low of 20 days
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A major fall in the number of days National Disability Insurance Scheme participants are staying in hospital is saving the public health system “hundreds of millions of dollars”, the federal government said.
NDIS participants who were medically cleared to leave hospital had previously been waiting an average of 160 days to be discharged due to paperwork requirements and a lack of suitable housing to move them into.
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