INCOME

Total income for private Acute and psychiatric hospitals in Australia has increased by 5.2% between 2010-11 and 2011-12 to $10,352 million. New South Wales hospitals recorded the strongest growth of 8.6%, to record the highest income of the states and territories at $2,824 million, just ahead of Victoria with $2,686 million.

The overall proportion of total income contributed by patient income remains unchanged at 95.5%.

Table 2.12 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Income—States and Territories - 2011-12
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(a)	Aus.
Income ($'000)
	Patient income(b)	2 726 251	2 548 135	2 254 794	640 448	np	np	9 888 036
	Recoveries	35 011	38 863	31 629	9 800	20 069	5 260	140 632
	Other (c)	62 656	99 282	94 277	10 875	np	np	323 662
	Total (d)	2 823 918	2 686 280	2 380 700	661 123	np	np	10 352 330
Patient income as a proportion of total income (%)		96.5	94.9	94.7	96.9	np	np	95.5
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated (a) 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. (b) Includes income received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for further information. (c) Includes investment income, income from charities, bequests, visitors' meals, and accommodation and kiosk sales. (d) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.

Across the For profit and Not for profit sectors, total income increased among the For profit and Other Not for profit hospitals, but decreased for Religious or charitable Not for profit hospitals. This is in line with changes in the number of establishments in each sector.

The proportion of total income contributed by patient income ranged from 93.3% for Religious or charitable Not for profit hospitals to 97.4% for For profit hospitals.

Table 2.13 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Income—For profit/not for profit sector (a) - 2011-12
		For profit	Not for profit		Total
			Religious or charitable	Other (b)
Income ($'000)
	Patient income(c)	5 223 127	3 873 628	791 281	9 888 036
	Recoveries	np	60 727	np	140 632
	Other (d)	np	219 059	np	323 662
	Total (e)	5 361 038	4 153 414	837 878	10 352 330
Patient income as a proportion of total income (%)		97.4	93.3	94.4	95.5
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) Includes income received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for further information. (d) Includes investment income, income from charities, bequests, visitors' meals, and accommodation and kiosk sales. (e) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.

Large hospitals, with over 200 beds, had the highest income for 2011-12 at $4,546 million (43.9% of all hospitals' income), an average of $168 million per hospital. Hospitals with 101-200 beds earned the second highest income at $3,321 million (32.1% of all hospitals' income), an average of $57 million per hospital.

Patient income as a proportion of total income was relatively similar across hospital sizes, in all except the smallest of private Acute and psychiatric hospitals for 2011-12. Hospitals offering 25 or fewer beds received 93.1% of their income as patient income.

Table 2.14 PRIVATE ACUTE & PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Income—Hospital size(a) —2011-12
		Number of beds
		0-25	26-50	51-100	101-200	Over 200	Total (b)
Income ($'000)
	Patient income(c)	127 078	457 894	1 812 085	3 203 456	4 287 523	9 888 036
	Recoveries	2 564	7 137	32 508	42 626	55 797	140 632
	Other (d)	6 855	8 147	31 567	74 633	202 460	323 662
	Total (b)	136 497	473 178	1 876 160	3 320 715	4 545 780	10 352 330
Patient income as a proportion of total income (%)		93.1	96.8	96.6	96.5	94.3	95.5
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated (a) Based on number of available beds (average for the year). (b) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items (c) Includes income received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for further information. (d) Includes investment income, income from charities, bequests, visitors' meals, and accommodation and kiosk sales.

When income is adjusted to remove the effects of price changes over the period, the average annual increase over the five years from 2006-07 ($7.922 million) to 2011-12 ($10,109 million) was 5.0%. For further information on the use of chain volume measures to adjust income and expenditure, see Explanatory Note 26.


Acute and Psychiatric Private Hospitals, Real income and expenditure(a) : 2006–07 to 2011–12(b)

(a) Laspeyres input cost index was used to provide real income and expenditure. See Explanatory Note 26 for further information.
(b) Data for the 2007–08 reference year are not available. See Explanatory Note 4 for further information.

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