PATIENT SEPARATIONS
In 2008-09, there were 2.6 million patient separations from Acute and psychiatric hospitals, an increase of 7.4% since 2006-07. The increase over the two year period was higher than the average annual increase of 2.7% in the five years to 2006-07. During 2008-09, 7.4m patient days were provided in Acute and psychiatric hospitals, up by 4.8% from 2006-07.
Same day patient separations from Acute and psychiatric hospitals accounted for 57% of all patient separations (1.5 million) in 2008-09, with the remaining 1.1 million separations relating to overnight-stay patients.
The average length of stay for all patients (same-day and overnight-stay) in Acute and psychiatric hospitals was 2.8 days in 2008-09, a decrease from 2006-07 (2.9 days). For overnight-stay patients only, the average length of stay increased to 5.3 days in 2008-09 from 5.2 days in 2006-07.
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