Data from clinicians in both development phase and validation phase
| Type of data | Proposed cost predictors |
| Demographic data | Age |
| Gender | |
| Postcode | |
| Ethnicity | |
| Marital status | |
| Living circumstances | |
| Need for interpreter | |
| Setting of care | |
| Clinical data | Primary diagnosis |
| Secondary diagnoses | |
| Comorbidities | |
| Episode start and end data | Episode start date |
| Episode end date | |
| Endpoint of episode (discharged or died). | |
| Discharge destination, if discharged | |
| Key casemix | Phase of illness at start of episode |
| Functional status (AKPS) | |
| Dependency (Modified Barthel Index) | |
| Problem severity (IPOSÂ staff version) | |
| Family/caregiver needs |
AKPS, Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status; IPOS, Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale.