The Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC): a new casemix classification for residential aged care.

Objective: To develop a casemix classification to underpin a new funding model for residential aged care in Australia.

Design, Setting: Cross-sectional study of resident characteristics in thirty non-government residential aged care facilities in Melbourne, the Hunter region of New South Wales, and northern Queensland, March 2018 - June 2018.

Participants: 1877 aged care residents and 1600 residential aged care staff.