Hospital Services Report

Hospital Services Report December quarter 2001 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. December 2001 © Copyright Department of Human Services 2001. 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 A number of graphs and tables refer to major metropolitan hospitals. Consumers, health care providers and government all need information on the The major metropolitan hospitals include: quality of health services. Public access to information assists consumers to Angliss Hospital understand the health care system, it assists providers of health services in Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre planning and increases the accountability of the Department of Human - Austin campus Services to the people in the state of Victoria, Australia. - Repatriation campus Box Hill Hospital The Hospital Services Report was introduced in 1995. This edition includes Dandenong Hospital data for the December quarter 2001, which covers the months of October, Frankston Hospital November and December. Maroondah Hospital Monash Medical Centre The information included in this report is often requested from the Department. - Clayton campus Since technical information of this nature is very difficult to interpret, each - Moorabbin campus graph and table needs to be carefully considered in the context of the Royal Melbourne Hospital complexity of the health care system. Department staff, hospital staff, general St Vincent's Hospital practitioners and other health care professionals may be able to assist you to Sunshine Hospital interpret this report. 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 600 500 511 500 453 400 Sub Acute 293 300 Acute 300 298 200 100 207 211 155 0 Jul-01 Sep-01 Dec-01 1 Hospitals reporting sub acute are Angliss, Anne Caudle, Bundoora Extended Care, Bethlehem, Broadmeadows, Caritas Christi, Caulfield General, Dandenong, Goulburn Valley, GraceMcKellar, 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: Bi-monthly 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 agedcare placement 1 Total bed days 28,000 24,000 21,532 19,966 20,534 20,000 Sub Acute Acute 16,000 16,709 14,254 12,000 14,445 8,000 4,000 6,089 4,823 5,712 0 Jul-01 Sep-01 Dec-01 1 Notes for Figure 1.1 apply. Source: Bi-monthly 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 December September December % Change December 2000 Hospital quarter 2000 quarter 2001 quarter 2001 to December 2001 t31B_AlMajorl metropolitan hosptals 3 Angliss Hospital 5,96 4 5,97 1 5,67 1 -4.9% Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre 15,39 3 17,04 4 17,16 3 11.5% Box Hill Hospital 9,13 0 9,28 9 9,35 2 2.4% Dandenong Hospital 7,38 2 6,60 9 7,09 0 -4.0% Frankston Hospital 9,86 0 10,26 2 10,41 9 5.7% Maroondah Hospital 4,18 9 4,45 0 4,67 3 11.6% Monash Medical Centre 18,76 3 19,78 4 19,65 4 4.7% Royal Melbourne Hospital 17,03 0 18,56 9 18,99 9 11.6% St Vincent's Hospital 10,56 3 10,83 8 11,11 2 5.2% Sunshine Hospital 4 4,36 8 5,82 8 6,66 5 52.6% The Alfred 11,51 2 13,69 9 13,82 6 20.1% The Northern Hospital 6,42 5 6,66 6 6,65 4 3.6% Western Hospital 4 8,53 9 7,36 0 7,98 1 -6.5% Other metropolitan hospitals Caulfield General Medical Centre 50 2 42 6 52 8 5.2% Mercy Public Hospital, East Melbourne 5,11 6 4,71 7 4,57 5 -10.6% Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute 3,16 7 3,44 6 3,35 1 5.8% Royal Children's Hospital 7,23 4 7,42 3 7,27 3 0.5% Royal Women's Hospital 6,81 1 6,68 0 6,54 2 -3.9% Sandringham & District Memorial Hospital 3,20 1 3,63 9 3,77 2 17.8% The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 3,05 2 3,33 2 3,22 8 5.8% Other metropolitan hospitals 10,58 6 11,91 2 11,84 2 11.9% 1 Data refer to the number of 'separations' (ie. the number of patients that have been discharged from hospital). 2 2000/2001 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. 4 Table 2.1 Admitted patients by individual hospital (continued) December September December % Change December 2000 Hospital quarter 2000 quarter 2001 quarter 2001 to December 2001 Major regional hospitals Ballarat Health Services 5,74 9 6,22 0 6,04 6 5.2% Barwon Health 11,79 1 11,99 8 12,39 0 5.1% Bendigo Health Care Group 5,24 2 5,39 4 5,30 6 1.2% Goulburn Valley Health 4,43 0 4,44 9 4,62 4 4.4% Latrobe Regional Hospital 5,33 6 5,34 8 5,61 0 5.1% Other rural hospitals Central Gippsland Health Service 2,33 0 2,60 1 2,62 7 12.7% South West Healthcare 3,47 7 3,49 5 3,59 8 3.5% Wangaratta District Base Hospital 2,66 3 2,97 0 2,85 0 7.0% Wimmera Health Care Group 2,25 7 2,21 4 2,20 8 -2.2% Wodonga Regional Health Service 3,74 4 4,12 4 4,18 4 11.8% Other rural hospitals 35,16 7 35,78 6 35,55 9 1.1% Total all public hospitals 250,97 3 262,54 3 265,37 2 5.7% Source: Victorian Admitted Episode Dataset (17 February 2002 update). 5 3. Access to Emergency Services How many emergency patients are admitted to hospital? Figure 3.1 Patients admitted to public hospitals requiring emergency care 1 2 Patients 100,000 93,046 90,004 90,000 87,672 85,775 85,685 81,969 82,511 80,000 79,299 78,392 All hospitals Major metropolitan hospitals 70,000 Other hospitals 60,000 57,616 55,133 51,338 53,021 49,018 50,808 49,383 50,000 46,803 46,474 40,000 34,651 34,871 35,430 34,967 34,347 33,128 32,496 31,918 32,951 30,000 Dec-99 Mar-00 Jun-00 Sep-00 Dec-00 Mar-01 Jun-01 Sep-01 Dec-01 1 Major metropolitan hospitals contain the campuses listed in the Introduction. 2 December quarter 2001 data are provisional. Source: Victorian Admitted Episode Dataset (17 February 2002 update). 6 How many emergency patients are admitted to hospital? Table 3.1 Emergency admissions 1 2 December September December % Change September 2001 % Change December 2000 Hospital quarter 2000 quarter 2001 quarter 2001 to December 2001 to December 2001 Major metropolitan hosptals 3 Angliss Hospital 2,13 0 2,48 2 2,35 4 -5.2% 10.5% Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 3,98 2 4,32 4 4,40 2 1.8% 10.5% Box Hill Hospital 4,02 1 4,26 0 4,43 0 4.0% 10.2% Dandenong Hospital 4,74 6 4,13 6 4,78 3 15.6% 0.8% Frankston Hospital 5,21 6 5,51 3 5,67 4 2.9% 8.8% Maroondah Hospital 2,45 1 2,67 3 2,90 7 8.8% 18.6% Monash Medical Centre 6,42 7 6,72 3 6,73 1 0.1% 4.7% Royal Melbourne Hospital 5,37 3 5,62 4 5,81 8 3.4% 8.3% St Vincent's Hospital 3,45 5 3,81 2 3,84 4 0.8% 11.3% 4 Sunshine Hospital 1,08 5 2,34 9 3,01 8 28.5% 178.2% The Alfred 4,21 4 5,77 7 5,98 6 3.6% 42.1% The Northern Hospital 3,17 9 3,47 7 3,43 0 -1.4% 7.9% 4 Western Hospital 5,05 9 3,98 3 4,23 9 6.4% -16.2% Major hospitals total 51,33 8 55,13 3 57,61 6 4.5% 12.2% Other hospitals total 34,34 7 34,87 1 35,43 0 1.6% 3.2% Grand total 85,68 5 90,00 4 93,04 6 3.4% 8.6% 1 Data exclude elective, maternity, newborn and statistical admissions.

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