FOI 24/25-1895 - DISCLOSURE LOG
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1. Total Spend on Assistive Technology - 12 months ending 31 March 2025*
Total Spend AT
Amount
Total
$
672,857,048
2. AT Spend broken down by product category - 12 months ending 31 March 2025
Total Spend AT
Amount
Shower
$
35,877,483
Manual Wheel Chair
$
79,485,492
Powered Wheel Chair
$
129,084,269
Postural
$
41,669,214
ProOrtho
$
90,689,422
Vehicle Mods
$
39,848,346
Communications
$
12,431,470
Hearing
$
3,188,739
Beds
$
50,217,671
Hoist
$
24,040,423
Assistance Animal
$
4,271,665
Rental
$
19,618,246
Delivery
$
51,204
Vision
$
1,635,740
Personal Care and Safety
$
9,854,339
Recreation
$
4,073,962
Disability Related Health Support
$
3,668,115
Mid-Cost AT
$
244,584
Missing
$
122,906,664
Total
$
672,857,048
- The Disability Related Health Support in AT support category is determined based
on the item description in the pricing catalogue. This general item code is used to
claim assistive technology equipment that cannot be classified under existing product
groups.
- The Mid-cost AT group refrers to 9 general item codes used to claim general
assistive technology equipment less than $15,000.
3. AT Spend broken down by disability - 12 months ending 31 March 2025
Total Spend AT
Amount
Acquired brain injury
$
43,741,616
Autism
$
18,176,981
Cerebral Palsy
$
104,108,054
Developmental Delay
$
14,786,814
Down Syndrome
$
7,524,574
Global Developmental Delay
$
9,709,649
Hearing Impairment
$
6,815,081
Intellectual Disability
$
61,212,143
Multiple Sclerosis
$
38,167,973
Psychosocial disability
$
8,337,052
Spinal Cord Injury
$
50,841,607
Stroke
$
35,890,549
Visual Impairment
$
8,945,452
Other Neurological
$
100,062,244
Other Physical
$
98,814,805
Other Sensory/Speech
$
86,322
Other
$
64,438,303
Missing
$
1,197,830
Total
$
672,857,048
4. AT Spend broken down by tier - 12 months ending 31 March 2025
Total Spend AT
Amount
Low Cost
$
110,193,599
Middle Cost
$
356,807,276
High Cost
$
226,533,118
Other**
-$
20,676,945
Total
$
672,857,048
Note:
* The Assistive Technology payments included in the above tables include supports claimed in the "Capital - Assistive Technology" support category only.
Assistive Technology supports can also be claimed in the "Core-consumables" support category but these claims have not been included in the tables.
Core consumables payments in the 12 months ending 31 March 2025 were $973m.
** 'Other' amounts included cancellations or offsets that could not be categorised within the low, medium, or high cost tiers.
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