Hospital Services Report

Hospital Services Report September quarter 2002 Notes This document contains the most up-to-date information available at the time of preparation. This Hospital Services Report is available on the Department of Human Services Internet site located at: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/hsr/index.htm Design and production by Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria. September 2002 © Copyright Department of Human Services 2002. This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. ii Contents Introduction 1 1. Patients waiting for residential aged care placement 2 2. Hospital admitted patient activity 4 3. Access to emergency services 6 4. Access to critical care services 15 5. Access to elective surgery 17 6. Private health insurance 28 7. Glossary 29 iii Introduction Consumers, health care providers and government all need information on the Access to Emergency Services quality of health services. Public access to information assists consumers to From 1 January 2002, emergency department data in this report are derived from understand the health care system, it assists providers of health services in electronic rather than paper-based reporting. planning and increases the accountability of the Department of Human Services to the people in the state of Victoria, Australia. A number of graphs and tables refer to major metropolitan hospitals. The major metropolitan hospitals include: The Hospital Services Report was introduced in 1995. This edition includes data Angliss Hospital for the September quarter 2002, which covers the months of July, August and Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre September. - Austin campus - Repatriation campus The information included in this report is often requested from the Department. Box Hill Hospital Since technical information of this nature is very difficult to interpret, each graph Dandenong Hospital and table needs to be carefully considered in the context of the complexity of the Frankston Hospital health care system. Department staff, hospital staff, general practitioners and Maroondah Hospital other health care professionals may be able to assist you to interpret this report. Monash Medical Centre - Clayton campus - Moorabbin campus Royal Melbourne Hospital St Vincent's Hospital Sunshine Hospital The Alfred The Northern Hospital Western Hospital 1 1. Patients waiting for residential aged care placement How many patients are waiting for residential aged care placements? Figure 1.1 Number of acute and sub acute patients waiting for residential aged care placement 1 2 Patients 800 700 614 600 574 565 128 Interim Care 500 123 Sub Acute 176 Acute 400 278 300 261 254 200 100 190 208 135 0 Mar-02 Jun-02 Sep-02 1 Hospitals reporting sub acute are Angliss, Anne Caudle, Bundoora Extended Care, Bethlehem, Broadmeadows, Caritas Christi, Caulfield General, Dandenong, Goulburn Valley, Grace McKellar, Hampton, Kingston, Latrobe Regional, Maroondah, Mt Eliza, Melbourne Extended Care Rehabilitation Service, Peter James, Queen Elizabeth Centre, Royal Talbot, St George’s, Sunshine and Williamstown. 2 Hospitals reporting acute are The Alfred, Angliss, Austin & Repatriation, Ballarat, Barwon Health, Bendigo, Box Hill, Dandenong, Frankston, Goulburn Valley, Latrobe Regional, Maroondah, Monash Medical Centre (Clayton & Moorabbin) , The Northern, Rosebud, Royal Melbourne, Sandringham, St Vincent’s, Sunshine, Western and Williamstown. Source: Department of Human Services Bed Census. 2 How many bed days are spent waiting for residential aged care placements? Figure 1.2 Number of bed days patients wait for residential aged care placement 1 Total bed days 30,000 27,733 25,000 22,957 9,817 20,612 Interim Care 20,000 6,173 Sub Acute 8,136 Acute 15,000 11,225 11,971 10,000 9,400 5,000 5,559 5,945 3,076 0 Mar-02 Jun-02 Sep-02 1 Notes for Figure 1.1 apply. Source: Department of Human Services Bed Census. 3 2. Hospital Admitted Patient Activity How many patients are admitted to hospital? Table 2.1 Admitted patients by individual hospital 1 2 September June September % Change September 2001 Hospital quarter 2001 quarter 2002 quarter 2002 to September 2002 Major metropolitan hospitals 3 Angliss Hospital 5,971 5,709 5,964 -0.1% Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre 17,043 17,147 17,227 1.1% Box Hill Hospital 9,289 9,472 10,301 10.9% Dandenong Hospital 6,609 7,410 7,735 17.0% Frankston Hospital 10,262 10,240 11,132 8.5% Maroondah Hospital 4,450 4,981 4,998 12.3% Monash Medical Centre 19,783 19,231 20,433 3.3% Royal Melbourne Hospital 18,564 19,946 20,270 9.2% St Vincent's Hospital 10,838 11,470 11,585 6.9% Sunshine Hospital 4 5,828 7,969 7,680 31.8% The Alfred 13,699 14,405 14,048 2.5% The Northern Hospital 6,666 7,011 7,182 7.7% Western Hospital 4 7,360 8,072 9,363 27.2% Other metropolitan hospitals Caulfield General Medical Centre 426 415 500 17.4% Mercy Public Hospital, East Melbourne 4,717 4,413 4,850 2.8% Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute 3,446 3,825 4,098 18.9% Royal Children's Hospital 5 7,423 7,951 7,423 n.a. Royal Women's Hospital 6,726 6,700 7,070 5.1% Sandringham & District Memorial Hospital 3,639 3,987 4,162 14.4% The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 3,332 3,258 3,212 -3.6% Other metropolitan hospitals 11,912 12,558 13,239 11.1% 1 Data refer to the number of WIES-fundable separations (ie. the number of patients that have been discharged from hospital). 2 2002/2003 data are provisional. 3 Major metropolitan hospitals contain the campuses listed in the Introduction. 4 Change in activity is as a result of the opening of new beds at Sunshine since 2 July 2001. 5 September quarter 2002 data for Royal Children's Hospital are currently not available. Estimates have been included for comparative purposes. 4 Table 2.1 Admitted patients by individual hospital (continued) September June September % Change September 2001 Hospital quarter 2001 quarter 2002 quarter 2002 to September 2002 Major regional hospitals Ballarat Health Services 6,220 6,078 6,049 -2.7% Barwon Health 11,998 13,234 11,326 -5.6% Bendigo Health Care Group 5,394 6,035 6,065 12.4% Goulburn Valley Health 4,449 4,858 4,906 10.3% Latrobe Regional Hospital 5,349 5,465 6,067 13.4% Other rural hospitals Central Gippsland Health Service 2,602 2,514 2,590 -0.5% South West Healthcare 3,508 3,660 3,745 6.8% Wangaratta District Base Hospital 2,970 3,126 3,420 15.2% Wimmera Health Care Group 2,214 2,249 2,354 6.3% Wodonga Regional Health Service 4,138 4,232 4,319 4.4% Other rural hospitals 35,794 36,392 37,831 5.7% Grand total 262,619 274,013 281,144 7.1% Source: Victorian Admitted Episode Dataset (17 November 2002 update). 5 3. Access to Emergency Services How many emergency patients are admitted to hospital? 1 2 3 4 Figure 3.1 Patients admitted to public hospitals requiring emergency care Patients 100,000 95,449 95,745 93,498 90,186 90,155 90,000 87,672 85,775 85,685 82,511 80,000 All hospitals Major metropolitan hospitals 70,000 Other hospitals 59,711 60,000 57,862 57,715 55,270 55,459 53,021 50,808 51,338 49,383 50,000 37,734 36,034 40,000 34,967 34,916 35,636 34,696 34,347 33,128 34,651 30,000 Sep-00 Dec-00 Mar-01 Jun-01 Sep-01 Dec-01 Mar-02 Jun-02 Sep-02 1 Major metropolitan hospitals contain the campuses listed in the Introduction. 2 Data refer to the number of WIES-fundable separations (ie. the number of patients that have been discharged from hospital). 3 2002/2003 data are provisional. 4 September quarter 2002 data for Royal Children's Hospital are currently not available . Estimates have been included for comparative purposes.. Source: Victorian Admitted Episode Dataset (17 November 2002 update). 6 How many emergency patients are admitted to hospital? Table 3.1 Emergency admissions 1 2 3 September June September % Change June 2002 % Change September 2001 Hospital quarter 2001 quarter 2002 quarter 2002 to September 2002 to September 2002 Major metropolitan hosptals 4 Angliss Hospital 2,482 2,146 2,268 5.7% -8.6% Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 4,339 4,600 5,101 10.9% 17.6% Box Hill Hospital 4,261 4,520 4,777 5.7% 12.1% Dandenong Hospital 4,136 4,871 5,084 4.4% 22.9% Frankston Hospital 5,513 5,550 6,132 10.5% 11.2% Maroondah Hospital 2,673 3,020 3,049 1.0% 14.1% Monash Medical Centre 6,722 6,031 6,387 5.9% -5.0% Royal Melbourne Hospital 5,620 5,962 6,202 4.0% 10.4% St Vincent's Hospital 3,938 3,903 3,737 -4.3% -5.1% 5 Sunshine Hospital 2,349 3,937 3,317 -15.7% 41.2% The Alfred 5,777 5,613 5,034 -10.3% -12.9% The Northern Hospital 3,477 3,664 3,624 -1.1% 4.2% 5 Western Hospital 3,983 3,898 4,999 28.2% 25.5% 6 Other hospitals total 34,916 37,734 36,034 -4.5% 3.2% Major hospitals total 55,270 57,715 59,711 3.5% 8.0% Grand total 90,186 95,449 95,745 0.3% 6.2% 1 2002/2003 data are provisional.

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