EXPENDITURE


Recurrent expenditure for private Day hospital facilities during 2012-13 was $769.8 million, up 9.3% from 2011-12.

Wages and salaries (including on-costs such as employer contributions to superannuation and payroll tax) represented 41.4% of recurrent expenditure in 2012-13, up from 41.3% in 2011-12. The proportion of total expenditure arising from wages and salaries (including on-costs) varied from 32.9% for Ophthalmic surgery hospitals to 45.4% for Other establishments.

Average expenditure for the 319 Day hospital facilities in 2012-13 was $2.4 million. This varied from $1.6 million for the 34 Plastic and cosmetic surgery establishments to $3.1 million for the 64 Ophthalmic surgery hospitals.

Table 3.8 PRIVATE DAY HOSPITAL FACILITIES, Expenditure —Type of Centre(a)—2012–13
		Gastroenterology(b)	Ophthalmic surgery	Plastic and cosmetic surgery	Gynaecology, Fertility treatment and Family Planning	Other(c)	Total(d)
Expenditure ($'000)(e)
	Wages and salaries, including on-costs	63,820	65,143	20,864	31,704	137,227	318,758
	Contract/consultancy payments for medical/health services	8,694	3,062	1,116	7,413	8,963	29,248
	Drug, medical, pharmaceuticals and surgical supplies(f)	27,728	77,168	12,746	8,793	64,925	191,360
	Food supplies	691	502	44	133	1,054	2,424
	Repair and maintenance	2,650	2,697	912	549	2,452	9,260
	Fuel and power	1,508	1,860	721	577	3,576	8,242
	Patient transport	np	134	np	np	188	387
	Depreciation and amortisation	4,238	6,790	1,486	2,888	15,576	30,978
	Interest	np	1,767	np	np	1,801	9,131
	Non-labour contract expenses	10,667	10,498	3,440	3,582	26,156	54,343
	Other(g)	22,168	28,658	11,635	12,618	40,612	115,691
	Total(d)	143,701	198,279	53,359	71,953	302,530	769,822
Wages and salaries, including on-costs as a proportion of total expenditure (%)		44.4	32.9	39.1	44.1	45.4	41.4
Average expenditure ($)(h)
	Per patient separation	531	1,107	1,005	886	602	709
Gross Capital expenditure ($'000)(i)
	Land and buildings	4,571	11,649	np	np	4,388	21,583
	Major medical equipment	3,317	4,256	420	672	9,024	17,689
	Information technology	419	377	np	np	1,852	2,871
	Other capital expenditure	1,964	2,630	534	670	1,380	7,178
	Total(d)	10,271	18,912	1,045	2,449	16,644	49,321
Net Capital expenditure ($'000)(i)
	Land and buildings	4,571	11,649	np	np	np	np
	Major medical equipment	np	np	420	672	np	17,249
	Information technology	np	np	np	np	1,852	2,841
	Other capital expenditure	1,727	2,425	np	670	np	np
	Total(d)	10,009	18,702	np	2,449	np	48,322
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated (a) See Explanatory Note 25 for further information of categories. (b) Gastroenterology, including endoscopy (c) Including Dental Oral Maxillofacial surgery, Dialysis, Oncology, General surgery, sleep disorders clinic and other types of centre. (d) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items. (e) Expenditure refers to expenditure on goods and services, which does not result in the creation or acquisition of fixed assets (new or second-hand). See Glossary for further information. (f) Including surgically implanted prostheses and homograft items. (g) Including contract services. (h) Average expenditure figures can vary considerably between hospitals depending on the type of services they provide. (i) Capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (excluding financial assets). See Glossary for further information.

Average Expenditure for the 319 Free standing day hospitals in 2012-13 was $2.4 million, ranging from $2.0 million for the 87 Free standing day hospitals in Victoria to $2.9 million for the 52 hospitals in Queensland. Wages and salaries, as a proportion of total expenditure, ranged from 37.4% in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory to 45.0% in Victoria. Average expenditure per patient separation ranged from $533 in Victoria (down from $667 in 2011-12) to $1,032 in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory (down from $1,112 in 2011-12).

Table 3.9 PRIVATE DAY HOSPITAL FACILITIES, Expenditure —State and territories—2012–13
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(a)	Aus.(b)
Expenditure ($'000)(c)
	Wages and salaries, including on-costs	99,702	77,789	62,841	25,839	33,955	18,632	318,758
	Contract/consultancy payments for medical/health services	8,167	9,405	4,757	np	3,009	np	29,248
	Drug, medical, pharmaceuticals and surgical supplies(d)	69,371	30,928	41,635	11,573	20,660	17,193	191,360
	Food supplies	839	777	343	136	228	101	2,424
	Repair and maintenance	2,865	1,975	2,061	566	1,210	583	9,260
	Fuel and power	2,650	1,497	1,860	658	1,150	427	8,242
	Patient transport	125	95	np	np	np	-	387
	Depreciation and amortisation	10,335	10,035	3,952	1,841	3,175	1,640	30,978
	Interest	1,760	1,440	np	np	np	np	9,131
	Non-labour contract expenses	18,226	17,053	8,130	3,141	4,700	3,093	54,343
	Other(e)	36,107	21,933	26,261	12,617	12,912	5,861	115,691
	Total(c)	250,147	172,927	152,812	62,405	81,696	49,835	769,822
Wages and salaries, including on-costs, as a proportion of total expenditure (%)		39.9	45.0	41.1	41.4	41.6	37.4	41.4
Average expenditure ($)(f)
	Per patient separation	904	533	697	702	635	1032	709
Gross Capital expenditure ($'000)(g)
	Land and buildings	8,031	1,603	np	257	np	np	21,583
	Major medical equipment	10,149	3,423	1,857	1,021	np	np	17,689
	Information technology	1,521	835	np	85	254	np	2,871
	Other capital expenditure	2,315	1,227	2,209	628	713	86	7,178
	Total(e)	22,016	7,088	7,840	1,991	9,064	1,322	49,321
Net Capital expenditure ($'000)(g)
	Land and buildings	7,673	1,603	np	257	np	np	np
	Major medical equipment	9,972	3,423	1,594	1,021	np	np	17,249
	Information technology	1,496	830	np	85	254	np	2,841
	Other capital expenditure	2,066	1,213	1,884	628	np	np	np
	Total(e)	21,384	7,069	7,515	1,991	np	np	48,322
— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) 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) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items. (c) Expenditure refers to expenditure on goods and services, which does not result in the creation or acquisition of fixed assets (new or second-hand). See Glossary for further information. (d) Including surgically implanted prostheses and homograft items. (e) Including contract services. (f) Average expenditure figures can vary considerably between hospitals depending on the type of services they provide. (g) Capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (excluding financial assets). See Glossary for further information.

When recurrent expenditure is adjusted to remove the effects of price changes over the period, the average annual increase over the five years from 2008-09 ($544 million total real expenditure) to 2012-13 ($748 million total real expenditure) was 9.0% (see graph in Income section). For further information on the use of chain volume measures to adjust income and expenditure, see Explanatory Note 26.

When average expenditure per separation is adjusted to remove the effects of price changes over the period, the average annual change over the five years from 2008-09 ($711 total real expenditure per patient separation) to 2012-13 ($688 total real expenditure per patient separation) was a decrease of 0.1%.





GROSS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

Gross capital expenditure for Day hospital facilities during 2012-13 was $49.3 million, an increase of 57.4% from 2011-12. New South Wales had the highest proportion of gross capital expenditure (44.6%). Land and buildings was the largest contributor to gross capital expenditure with 43.8% in 2012-13, where Major medical equipment had been the largest contributor in 2011-12. Information technology accounted for 5.7% of gross capital expenditure in 2012-13 and in 2011-12.

Table 3.10 PRIVATE DAY HOSPITAL FACILITIES, Gross Capital Expenditure —State and territories—Selected years
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas. NT & ACT(a)	Aus.
		2010-11(b)
Gross Capital expenditure ($'000)(d)
	Land and buildings	4,047	2,440	420	np	np	2,348	14,194
	Major medical equipment	10,748	2,891	2,495	672	2,084	5,007	23,897
	Information technology	1,079	465	405	np	np	237	2,475
	Other capital expenditure(e)	2,723	4,729	631	np	np	365	9,688
	Total(f)	18,597	10,525	3,951	np	np	7,957	50,254
		2011-12(c)
Gross Capital expenditure ($'000)(d)
	Land and buildings	673	1,791	np	477	np	np	9,384
	Major medical equipment	4,702	4,468	2,132	np	545	np	13,018
	Information technology	598	593	np	149	np	np	1,743
	Other capital expenditure(e)	1,795	1,358	1,066	np	1,221	np	7,194
	Total(f)	7,768	8,210	6,150	1,779	3,561	3,871	31,339
		2012-13
Gross Capital expenditure ($'000)(d)
	Land and buildings	8,031	1,603	np	257	np	np	21,583
	Major medical equipment	10,149	3,423	1,857	1,021	np	np	17,689
	Information technology	1,521	835	np	85	254	np	2,871
	Other capital expenditure(e)	2,315	1,227	2,209	628	713	86	7,178
	Total(f)	22,016	7,088	7,840	1,991	9,064	1,322	49,321
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) Capital expenditure for private Acute and psychiatric hospitals in 2010-11 has been revised. See Explanatory Note 40 for further information. (c) Gross and net capital expenditure was not published in 2011-12. Selected data are available in this publication. See Explanatory Note 40 for further information. (d) Capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (excluding financial assets). See Glossary for further information. (e) Other capital expenditure includes construction, transport, other equipment, intangible assets and any other capital expenditure. (f) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.

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