4390.0 - Private Hospitals, Australia, 2011-12 Quality Declaration 
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HOSPITALS, BEDS AND CHAIRS

In 2011-12, there were 252 Acute private hospitals across Australia, up from 251 in 2010-11. The number of Psychiatric hospitals increased by one from 28 in 2010-11 to 29 in 2011-12.

About three quarters (76.9%) of Acute and psychiatric hospitals in Australia were located in metropolitan areas in 2011-12.

In 2011-12, 14.6% of all Acute and psychiatric hospitals were co-located with a public hospital. New South Wales had the highest number of co-located hospitals (14) followed by Victoria (7).

The most common hospital size in Acute and psychiatric hospitals across Australia was 51-100 beds. Nearly a third (31.0%) of the hospitals fell into this group. Queensland had the greatest number of hospitals with over 200 beds (7).

There were 24,326 beds available in Acute hospitals in Australia during 2011-12, and 1,705 beds for Psychiatric hospitals over the same period. More than three quarters of the beds in the Acute hospital sector were in New South Wales, Victoria or Queensland (75.7%). The same state pattern was evident in the Psychiatric hospital sector (83.9% for those three states). There were 565 more Acute beds available in 2011-12 than in 2010-11, an increase of 2.4%, with New South Wales adding 259 beds and Victoria adding 193 beds over this period. The number of psychiatric hospital beds increased by 72 beds (4.4%) between 2010-11 and 2011-12, with New South Wales adding 32 new beds.


TABLE 2.3: PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND BEDS(a), States and territories—2011–12
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas., NT & ACT(b)
Australia

Hospitals (no.)
Type of hospital
Acute
79
72
48
np
19
np
252
Psychiatric
10
7
6
np
3
np
29
Total acute and psychiatric
89
79
54
28
22
9
281
Location
Metropolitan (c)
72
62
37
np
18
np
216
Rural (c)
17
17
17
np
4
np
65
Co-located with a public hospital
14
7
6
5
4
5
41
Hospital size (a)
0–25 beds
15
15
9
np
3
np
50
26–50 beds
19
19
8
np
6
np
59
51–100 beds
36
19
16
np
4
np
87
101–200 beds
13
21
14
np
3
np
58
Over 200 beds
6
5
7
np
6
np
27

Beds (no.)
Type of hospital
Acute hospitals
6 464
6 373
5 586
np
3 127
np
24 326
Psychiatric hospitals
531
468
431
np
157
np
1 705
Total beds
6 995
6 841
6 017
np
3 284
np
26 031
Location
Metropolitan (c)
6 005
6 042
5 006
1 736
np
np
22 719
Rural (c)
990
799
1 011
np
np
np
3 312

Proportion of all private acute and psychiatric hospitals (%)
Hospitals
31.7
28.1
19.2
10.0
7.8
3.2
100
Beds (a)
26.9
26.3
23.1
np
np
np
100

np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

(a) Based on the number of available beds (average for the year).
(b) Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory have been aggregated to protect the confidentiality of the small number of hospitals in these states/territories.
(c) Metropolitan and rural are two classifications included in the newly introduced Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). See Glossary for further information.


Private Acute and psychiatric hospitals in Australia can be divided into the 'For profit' and 'Not for profit' sectors. More than half (59.1%) of the private Acute and psychiatric hospitals in Australia in 2011-12 operated on a For profit basis. A further 29.9% were Religious or charitable Not for profit hospitals, with the remainder being considered Other Not for profit hospitals. In New South Wales 78.7% of the Acute and psychiatric hospitals were For profit institutions, substantially higher than in Victoria (58.2%) and Western Australia (54.5%).

The majority of Acute and psychiatric hospitals operating for profit in Australia during 2011-12 were located in metropolitan areas (87.3%), a higher proportion than for Religious or charitable Not for profit hospitals (66.7%) and Other Not for profit hospitals (48.4%).

The most common hospital size was 51-100 beds in For profit hospitals (35.5%), and 101-200 beds in Religious or charitable Not for profit hospitals (28.6%). Other Not for profit hospitals tended to have fewer beds, with 48.4% having 0-25 beds.

The total number of beds in Acute and psychiatric hospitals has increased by 2.5% to 26,031 in 2011-12. The number of beds in the For profit sector increased by 4.0% to 14,051 beds, while the Religious or charitable Not for profit sector recorded a 9.0% decrease.

The proportion of beds in Acute and psychiatric hospitals located in metropolitan areas ranged from 92.1% in For profit hospitals to 80.4% in Religious or charitable Not for profit hospitals.


TABLE 2.4: PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Australia—Sector(a)—2011–12
For profit
Religious or charitable
Other (b)
Total

Hospitals
New South Wales
70
16
3
89
Victoria
46
20
13
79
Queensland
np
np
np
54
South Australia
7
10
11
28
Western Australia
12
np
np
22
Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory (c)
np
np
np
9
Australia
166
84
31
281
Location
Metropolitan (d)
145
56
15
216
Rural (d)
21
28
16
65
Hospital size (e)
0–25 beds
21
14
15
50
26–50 beds
44
11
4
59
51–100 beds
59
23
5
87
101–200 beds
np
24
np
58
Over 200 beds
np
12
np
27

Beds (no.)
Location
Metropolitan (d)
12 934
7 784
2 001
22 719
Rural (d)
1 117
1 902
293
3 312
Total beds (e)
14 051
9 686
2 294
26 031

np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

(a) For definition of 'For Profit/not for profit sector', see Glossary.
(b) Comprising bush nursing, community and memorial hospitals.
(c) Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory have been aggregated to protect the confidentiality of the small number of hospitals in these states/territories.
(d) Metropolitan and rural are two classifications included in the newly introduced Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). See Glossary for further information.
(e) Based on available beds (average for the year).



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