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Non-Admitted Patient Care and Occasion of Service
NON-ADMITTED PATIENT CARE AND OCCASION OF SERVICE
In 2004-05, there were total of 487,400 individual occasions of service for non-admitted patients in ACT public hospitals, an increase of 11% from 2003-04 (437,600). The highest serviced areas were Other medical/surgical/obstetric (215,000 occasions), Accident & emergency (93,700), and Radiology and organ imaging (65,900).
7.3 Non-admitted patients, ACT - 2004-05 |
|  |
| Non-admitted patient care | |
| no. | |
| |
| Accident and emergency | 93 716 | |
| Dialysis | - | |
| Pathology | 35 737 | |
| Radiology and organ imaging | 65 914 | |
| Endoscopy and related procedures | - | |
| Other medical/surgical/obstetric | 215 066 | |
| Mental health | 4 555 | |
| Alcohol and drug | - | |
| Dental | - | |
| Pharmacy | 717 | |
| Allied health | 43 416 | |
| Community health | 10 070 | |
| District nursing | - | |
| Other outreach | 18 234 | |
| Total individual occasions of service | 487 425 | |
| |
| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Hospital Statistics, 2004-05 (AIHW cat. no. HSE41). |
