4390.0 - Private Hospitals, Australia, 1997-98
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/06/1999
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MEDIA RELEASE
Private hospitals: use of free-standing day hospitals soars Figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that private free-standing day hospitals in Australia treated 271,700 patients in 1997-98, up 20% on 1996-97. This continues the strong growth since 1991-92 when the collection of these statistics commenced. These day hospitals are privately owned and mainly comprise general surgery, specialist endoscopy, ophthalmic (eye) and plastic surgery clinics. In contrast, the number of admitted patients treated at all other (acute and psychiatric) private hospitals in 1997-98 rose only 3% on 1996-97, to 1.6 million. This follows annual increases averaging 6% since 1991-92. The annual growth in days of hospitalisation (patient days) at private acute and psychiatric hospitals has almost ceased. In 1997-98, there were 5.9 million patient days provided at these hospitals, an increase of only 0.1% on 1996-97. This continues the slowing down in growth first recorded in 1996-97, when patient days increased by 0.2% over the previous year. These small increases follow much stronger growth, averaging 5%, between 1991-92 and 1995-96. There were 317 private acute and psychiatric hospitals and 175 free-standing day hospitals operating in Australia in 1997-98. Together, these performed 1.6 million surgical, obstetric and other procedures and employed 43,000 staff. Expenditure by these hospitals in 1997-98 was $3,757 million. This represents 8% of the expenditure by the entire health sector in Australia and 0.7% of gross domestic product. Copies of the publication Private Hospitals, Australia (cat. no. 4390.0) are available from ABS Bookshops. A summary of findings can be found on this site. The ABS encourages media organisations with online news services to link to the summary of findings. Please phone us if you need help in doing this. See also: PRIVATE HOSPITALS STATISTICS, 1997-98 - UNPUBLISHED TABLES SERIES AVAILABLE FROM 31 AUGUST 1999 Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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