At 30 June 2006, there were 948 private hospital beds in Tasmania. The majority of these beds, 65.5%, were located in hospitals in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, while 28.2% were in Northern Region hospitals, and 6.3% were in hospitals in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
PRIVATE HOSPITAL BEDS, Tasmanian regions - 30 June 2006 |
|
| | | Beds available
|
| | | Overnight acute | Day acute | Other | Total |
| | | | | | |
Hospital | Hospital type | no. | no. | no. | no. |
|
Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | | |
| Calvary - South | General | 269 | 48 | - | 317 |
| Hobart Private | General | 142 | 15 | - | 157 |
| St Helens | General | 100 | 10 | - | 110 |
| Hobart Day Surgery | Day surgery | - | 7 | - | 7 |
| Hobart Clinic | Acute psychiatric | - | - | 30 | 30 |
| Total | . . | 511 | 80 | 30 | 621 |
| | | | | | |
Northern | | | | | |
| Calvary - North | General | 228 | 31 | | 259 |
| The Eye Hospital | Day Surgery | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Oaken House | Palliative Care | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Total | . . | 228 | 33 | 6 | 267 |
| | | | | | |
Mersey-Lyell | | | | | |
| North West Private | General | 56 | 4 | - | 60 |
| Total | . . | 56 | 4 | - | 60 |
| | | | | | |
Tasmania | . . | 795 | 117 | 36 | 948 |
|
- nil or rounded to zero
. . not applicable |
Source: Department of Health and Human Services web site, http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au.