HOSPITAL CHARACTERISTICS
In 2008-09, there were 195 Acute and psychiatric hospitals with operating theatres, a decrease of two from 2006-07. These hospitals represented a total of 959 operating theatres, 20 less than the previous cycle. 32% were located in New South Wales, 23% in Victoria, and 22% in Queensland. The average number of sessions per operating theatre per week was 7.0 with an average of 70.7 hours of theatre time used, which was more than double the theatre time used in 2006-07 (33.4 hours).
There were 201 dedicated day surgery units in Acute and psychiatric hospitals in 2008-09, 13 more than in 2006-07. Of these, 73% are located in New South Wales (21%), Victoria (28%) and Queensland (24%). Per theatre per week, the average number of sessions was 6.2, and the average theatre time used was 34.2 hours. Similar to the operating theatres, the average theatre time in dedicated day surgery units was considerably higher (14.8 hours) in 2008-09 compared to the previous cycle.
In 2008-09, there were 39 Acute and psychiatric hospitals in Australia with accident and emergency services. This was a decrease of 8 compared to 2008-09, despite an increase of 47,000 in the number of occasions of service in the same time period. Among the states, Victoria had the largest number of hospitals with accident and emergency services with 11 (a decrease of 4 since 2006-07), followed by Queensland with 10 (a decrease of 3).
In 2008-09 there were 2.0 million occasions of service in non-admitted patients services in Acute and psychiatric private hospitals in Australia. Of these the most common services provided were Accident and emergency (500,645 occasions of service), Allied health services (466,800), and Pathology (190,000).
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