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Callum Godde

EXPLAINED: Vic hospital cash must match inflation - The Real Truth

Rising cost of living pressures have impacted hospitals and community health services in Victoria. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Victorian hospital patients could be worse off if state health funding doesn't keep pace with skyrocketing inflation in the next four years, a peak body warns.

The Victorian Healthcare Association, the state's peak body for public health services, said rising inflation had effectively cut hospital funding during record-breaking demand.

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