At 30 June 2002, there were 985 private hospital beds in Tasmania, 214 less than the number of public hospital beds. The majority of these beds, 62.3%, were located in hospitals in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, while 26.9% were in Northern Region hospitals, and 10.8% were in hospitals in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
PRIVATE HOSPITAL BEDS, Tasmanian regions - 30 June 2002 |
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| | | Beds available
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| | | Overnight acute | Day acute | Other | Total |
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Hospital | Hospital type | no. | no. | no. | no. |
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Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | | |
| Calvary | General | 269 | 48 | - | 317 |
| St Helens | General | 100 | 15 | - | 115 |
| Hobart Private | General | 142 | 10 | - | 152 |
| Hobart Clinic | Acute psychiatric | - | - | 30 | 30 |
| Total | . . | 511 | 73 | 30 | 614 |
| | | | | | |
Northern | | | | | |
| St Lukes | General | 120 | 11 | - | 131 |
| St Vincents | General | 108 | 20 | - | 128 |
| Oakden House | Palliative care | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Total | . . | 228 | 31 | 6 | 265 |
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Mersey-Lyell | | | | | |
| North West Private(a) | General | 56 | 4 | - | 60 |
| Rosebery Community | District | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| Mersey Community(b) | General | 20 | 20 | - | 40 |
| Total | . . | 82 | 24 | - | 106 |
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Tasmania | . . | 821 | 128 | 36 | 985 |
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- nil or rounded to zero
. . not applicable
(a) The North West Private Hospital has 70 licensed overnight beds of which 14 are contracted for the provision of public patient services.
(b) The Mersey Community Hospital has 110 licensed overnight beds of which 90 are contracted for the provision of public patient services.
Source: Department of Health and Human Services web site, http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au |