在确定澳大利亚老年人护理需求的方式出现重大问题后，卫生部官员警告称，废除该算法可能耗资数十亿。
After significant problems with how older Australians care needs are determined, Health Department officials warned ditching the algorithm could could billions.
堪培拉——影子卫生与养老护理部长安妮·拉斯顿再次呼吁废除该算法，该算法正在决定澳大利亚老年人居家护理能获得多少资金。
CANBERRA — Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care Anne Ruston, has renewed calls to scrap the algorithm that is making calls on how much money aging Australians receive for care at home.
“这个算法，坦率地说，几乎可以对澳大利亚老年人的护理需求以及这些护理需求的优先级做出生死攸关的决定，”她在接受《政治客》（POLITICO）“堪培拉行事历播客”采访时表示。她的批评源于联邦申诉专员本周发布的一份报告，该报告对该系统未能提供“公平一致”的结果表示担忧。
“This algorithm, quite frankly, can be making almost life and death decisions about the care needs and the priority of those care needs of older Australians,” she told POLITICO’s “Canberra Playbook Podcast.”Her criticism comes in wake of a Commonwealth Ombudsman report this week that raised concerns the system was not delivering “fair and consistent” outcomes.
交互式评估工具收集老年人需求的信息，然后利用算法计算其资格、资金以及他们应多快获得居家护理。
The Interactive Assessment Tool collects information about an older person’s needs, then uses algorithms to calculate their eligibility, funding, and how quickly they should receive home care.