2.1 Private Acute and Psychiatric Hospitals, Summary - Selected years
		1998-99	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08(a)	2008-09
Hospitals (no.)
	New South Wales	87	85	82	85	85	na	85
	Victoria	95	81	81	83	82	na	77
	Queensland	52	54	54	56	57	na	54
	South Australia	37	32	31	31	30	na	30
	Western Australia	28	25	24	24	23	na	21
	Tasmania, Northern Territory & ACT(b)	13	14	13	12	12	na	12
	Australia	312	291	285	291	289	na	279
Beds (no.)(c)
	Capital City Statistical Divisions	17 246	17 995	17 916	17 685	18 095	na	18 408
	Rest of Australia	6 500	6 647	6 430	6 428	6 332	na	6 277
	Total	23 746	24 642	24 346	24 113	24 427	na	24 685
Separations ('000)
	Same-day patients	792	1 126	1 209	1 269	1 323	na	1 482
	Overnight-stay patients	893	1 056	1 030	1 076	1 096	na	1 118
	Total(d)	1 684	2 182	2 238	2 345	2 420	na	2 600
Patient Days ('000)
	Same-day patients(e)	792	1 126	1 209	1 269	1 323	na	1 482
	Overnight-stay patients	5 249	5 697	5 590	5 624	5 714	na	5 892
	Total(d)	6 041	6 823	6 799	6 893	7 037	na	7 374
Average length of stay (no.)
	Overnight-stay patients	5.9	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.2	na	5.3
	All patients	3.6	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.9	na	2.8
Bed occupancy rate (%)(f)
	Overnight-stay patients	60.6	63.2	62.9	63.9	64.1	na	65.4
	All patients	69.7	75.7	76.5	78.3	78.9	na	81.8
Staff (no.)(g)		43 053	46 539	46 458	47 770	46 718	na	49 415
Income(h)
	Total ($'000)	3 797 681	5 932 744	6 248 507	6 591 077	7 082 477	na	8 353 310
	Patient revenue (%)(i)	90.8	95.6	95.0	95.6	96.2	na	95.1
Recurrent expenditure(j)
	Total ($'000)	3 613 591	5 576 246	5 838 895	6 159 509	6 581 711	na	7 631 728
	Wages and salaries, including on-costs (%)	58.0	51.5	51.1	51.8	51.7	na	51.4
	Per patient day ($)	598	817	859	894	935	na	1 035
Gross capital expenditure (k) ($'000)		527 763	308 806	309 281	370 132	439 718	na	588 772
na not available
(a) Data for the 2007-08 reference year are not available. See Explanatory Notes 4-5 and 38 for further information.
(b) Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) have been aggregated to protect the confidentiality of the small number of hospitals in these states/territories.
(c) Available beds/chairs (average for the year).
(d) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.
(e) Same-day patients are counted as having a stay of one day.
(f) Calculated by dividing patient days by the product of average number of beds and the number of days in the year and expressed as a percentage. See Glossary for more information.
(g) Full-time equivalent (average for the year).
(h) Income includes patient revenue, recoveries and other revenue such as investment income and income from charities, bequests, meals and accommodation but excludes revenue payments from state and territory governments. See Glossary for more information.
(i) Includes revenue received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for more information.
(j) Recurrent 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 definition.
(k) Gross capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (excluding financial assets). See Glossary for further definition.

2.2 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Numbers and beds - States and territories - 2008-09
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(a)	Australia
Hospitals (no.)
Type
	Acute	76	71	50	np	np	np	254
	Psychiatric	9	6	4	np	np	np	25
	Total acute and psychiatric	85	77	54	30	21	12	279
Location
	Capital City Statistical Division	57	59	22	21	17	8	184
	Rest of state/territory	28	18	32	9	4	4	95
Hospital size
	0-25 beds	11	13	9	10	3	-	46
	26-50 beds	24	18	9	7	6	3	67
	51-100 beds	33	25	15	7	3	6	89
	101-200 beds	14	16	15	np	4	np	55
	Over 200 beds	3	5	6	np	5	np	22
Beds (no.)
Available beds(b)
	Acute hospitals	5 763	6 247	5 418	np	np	np	23 179
	Psychiatric hospitals	505	434	296	np	np	np	1 506
	Total beds	6 268	6 681	5 714	1 853	3 008	1 161	24 685
Location
	Capital City Statistical Division	4 423	5 690	3 020	1 736	np	np	18 408
	Rest of state/territory	1 845	991	2 694	117	np	np	6 277
Proportion of all private acute and psychiatric hospitals (%)
Hospitals		30.5	27.6	19.4	10.8	7.5	4.3	100.0
Available Beds(c)		25.4	27.1	23.1	7.5	12.2	4.7	100.0
- 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) Based on the number of available beds (average for the year).
(c) Average for the year.

2.3 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS(a), Numbers and beds - For Profit/not for profit sector(a) - 2008-09
			NOT FOR PROFIT
		For profit	Religious or charitable	Other(b)	Total
HOSPITALS (no.)
New South Wales		66	19	-	85
Victoria		46	22	9	77
Queensland		27	np	np	54
South Australia		7	8	15	30
Western Australia		11	np	np	21
Tasmania, Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory(c)		6	np	np	12
Australia		163	87	29	279
Location
	Capital City Statistical Divisions	117	57	10	184
	Rest of Australia	46	30	19	95
Hospital size(d)
	0-25 beds	19	11	16	46
	26-50 beds	48	13	6	67
	51-100 beds	57	27	5	89
	101-200 beds	np	24	np	55
	Over 200 beds	np	12	np	22
BEDS (no.)
Available beds(e)
	Capital City Statistical Divisions	9 346	8 349	713	18 408
	Rest of Australia	3 555	2 339	383	6 277
	Total beds	12 901	10 688	1 096	24 685
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) See Glossary for definition of 'For Profit/not for profit sector'.
(b) Comprising bush nursing, community and memorial hospitals.
(c) 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.
(d) Based on available beds (average for the year).
(e) Average for the year.

2.4 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, States and territories - 2006-07 to 2008-09(a)
		Patient Separations		Patient Days		Average length of stay	Bed occupancy rate(b)
		'000	%	'000	%	Days	%
2006-07
New South Wales		615	25.4	1 797	25.5	2.9	77.0
Victoria		627	25.9	1 835	26.1	2.9	76.0
Queensland		574	23.7	1 726	24.5	3.0	83.1
South Australia		193	8.0	552	7.8	2.9	80.5
Western Australia		305	12.6	838	11.9	2.7	82.2
Tasmania, Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory(c)		106	4.4	289	4.1	2.7	74.6
Australia(d)		2 420	100.0	7 037	100.0	2.9	78.9
Location
	Capital City Statistical Divisions	1 810	74.8	5 367	76.3	3.0	81.3
	Rest of Australia	610	25.2	1 671	23.7	2.7	72.3
2008-09
New South Wales		683	26.3	1 901	25.8	2.8	83.1
Victoria		659	25.4	1 941	26.3	2.9	79.6
Queensland		596	22.9	1 792	24.3	3.0	85.9
South Australia		208	8.0	573	7.8	2.8	84.7
Western Australia		331	12.7	848	11.5	2.6	77.2
Tasmania, Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory(c)		123	4.7	319	4.3	2.6	75.3
Australia(d)		2 600	100.0	7 374	100.0	2.8	81.8
Location
	Capital City Statistical Divisions	1 954	75.2	5 640	76.5	2.9	83.9
	Rest of Australia	645	24.8	1 734	23.5	2.7	75.7
(a) Data for the 2007-08 reference year are not available. See Explanatory Notes 4-5 and 38 for further information.
(b) Calculated by dividing patient days by the product of average number of beds and the number of days in the year and expressed as a percentage. See Glossary for more information.
(c) 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.
(d) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.

2.5 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, For Profit/not for profit sector and hospital size - 2008-09
		Patient Separations		Patient Days		Average length of stay	Bed occupancy rate(a)
		'000	%	'000	%	Days	%
For Profit/not for profit sector(b)
For profit		1 444	55.6	3 968	53.8	2.7	84.3
Not for profit
	Religious or charitable	1 053	40.5	3 109	42.2	3.0	79.7
	Other(c)	103	3.9	297	4.0	2.9	74.1
Total(d)		2 600	100.0	7 374	100.0	2.8	81.8
Hospital size(e)
0-25 beds		66	2.5	137	1.9	2.1	72.2
26-50 beds		227	8.7	668	9.1	2.9	72.7
51-100 beds		632	24.3	1 828	24.8	2.9	78.2
101-200 beds		886	34.1	2 334	31.7	2.6	82.5
Over 200 beds		790	30.4	2 407	32.6	3.0	88.1
Total		2 600	100.0	7 374	100.0	2.8	81.8
(a) Calculated by dividing patient days by the product of average number of beds and the number of days in the year and expressed as a percentage. See Glossary for more information.
(b) See Glossary for definition of 'For Profit/not for profit sector'.
(c) Comprising bush nursing, community and memorial hospitals.
(d) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.
(e) Based on available beds (average for the year).

2.6 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Operating and day surgery theatres - States and territories - 2008-09(a)
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(b)	Aust.
Operating theatres
	Hospitals with these theatres (no.)	57	48	41	23	16	10	195
	Theatres (no.)	307	222	208	87	90	45	959
	Average number of sessions(c)	6.2	7.0	7.3	7.5	np	np	7.0
	Average theatre time used (hours)(c)	85.6	80.4	55.3	27.7	np	np	70.7
	Nurses	1 475	1 338	985	404	548	222	4 972
Day surgery theatres
	Hospitals with these theatres (no.)	20	26	24	14	9	7	100
	Theatres (no.)	42	57	48	22	np	np	201
	Average number of sessions(c)	7.4	4.8	7.3	5.5	np	np	6.2
	Average theatre time used (hours)(c)	21.7	50.7	16.9	17.9	np	np	34.2
	Nurses	78	222	101	113	np	np	583
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Details are for the last week of the pay period ending on or before 30 June 2009.
(b) 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.
(c) Per theatre per week.

2.7 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Patient insurance status(a) - States and territories - 2008-09
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(b)	Aust.(c)
Patient Separations ('000)
Hospital insurance	598.7	560.9	529.6	197.3	np	np	2 276.1
No hospital insurance	74.6	88.1	64.4	9.1	np	np	297.6
Total(d)	682.8	659.3	595.8	207.8	331.2	122.8	2 599.7
Patient Separations (%)
Hospital insurance	87.7	85.1	88.9	95.0	np	np	87.6
No hospital insurance	10.9	13.4	10.8	4.4	np	np	11.4
Total(d)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average length of stay (days)
Hospital insurance	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.7	np	np	2.8
No hospital insurance	2.9	3.3	2.7	2.6	np	np	3.0
Total(d)	2.8	2.9	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.8
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) For definition of patient insurance status, see Glossary.
(b) 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.
(c) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.
(d) Total includes patient separations where insurance status is not stated.

2.8 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Selected specialised wards and units - States and territories - 2008-09
		Labour wards	Psychiatric Wards/Drug and Alcohol Units(a)	Special care units(b)	Emergency departments(c)	Dedicated day surgery unit
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Hospitals with specialised wards or units
	New South Wales	17	17	54	4	41
	Victoria	18	14	41	5	34
	Queensland	16	11	35	8	26
	South Australia	7	np	14	np	13
	Western Australia	9	np	13	np	10
	Tasmania, Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory(d)	7	4	8	3	8
	Australia	74	53	165	25	132
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Number of hospitals with a psychiatric unit and/or drug and alcohol unit.
(b) Including intensive care units, coronary care units, neonatal care units, high dependency units, hospice care units and post-acute rehabilitation units.
(c) Bona fide emergency departments. See definition of emergency departments in Glossary.
(d) 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.

2.9 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Specialised wards and units - States and territories - 2008-09
	HOSPITALS
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(a)	Aust.
	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Neonatal intensive care unit	18	15	15	4	8	6	66
Separate intensive care unit (ICU)	14	8	11	4	np	np	41
Separate coronary care unit (CCU)	9	11	7	3	np	np	33
Combined ICU/CCU	4	6	6	-	np	np	22
High dependency unit	19	20	8	7	np	np	57
Obstetric/maternity service	18	19	16	6	9	7	75
Specialised paediatric service	8	5	10	-	np	np	27
Cardiac surgery unit	np	10	6	3	np	-	23
Maintenance renal dialysis	np	3	np	-	3	-	16
Psychiatric unit/ward	17	12	10	np	np	4	50
Oncology unit	12	18	20	8	7	5	70
Rehabilitation unit	24	16	13	3	np	np	64
Sleep centre	17	17	16	4	np	np	61
Residential aged care service(b)	-	np	np	np	-	-	4
Geriatric assessment unit	-	np	3	np	np	-	7
Domiciliary care service	np	np	-	np	-	-	5
Hospice/palliative care unit	np	np	6	np	8	-	23
Dedicated day surgery unit	41	34	26	13	10	8	132
Other specialised units/wards(c)	18	26	28	6	8	5	91
All private acute and psychiatric hospitals(d)	76	67	50	23	18	12	246
- 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) Including those which are an integral part of the hospital only.
(c) For definition of other specialised units/wards see Glossary.
(d) Not every hospital has specialised units or wards, however some hospitals have more than one type of specialised unit or ward and so are counted in more than one row.

2.10 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Non-admitted patient services - 2008-09
		Number of hospitals	Occasions of service
		no.	'000
Accident and emergency(a)		39	500.6
Medical/surgical/diagnostic
	Dialysis	3	11.3
	Radiology and organ imaging	7	111.4
	Endoscopy	4	np
	Pathology	7	190.0
	Other	19	229.2
Mental health		8	10.9
Alcohol and drug		1	np
Pharmacy		2	np
Allied health services		38	466.8
Outreach services
	Community Health services	7	17.7
	District nursing services	5	128.5
	Other outreach services	9	59.8
Other		27	259.6
Total(b)		107	2 025.6
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Including hospitals which do not have a formal accident and emergency unit but which treated accident and emergency patients during the year.
(b) Not every hospital has specialised units or wards, however some hospitals have more than one type of specialised unit or ward and so are counted in more than one row.

2.11 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Number of staff and average staff per bed(a) - States and territories - 2008-09
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(b)	Aust.
NUMBER OF STAFF
Nursing staff
	Registered nursing staff	5 710	6 361	5 436	1 780	3 211	1 233	23 730
	Other nursing staff(c)	1 219	1 169	1 198	462	554	196	4 798
	Total	6 929	7 530	6 633	2 242	3 765	1 429	28 529
Salaried medical officers and other diagnostic health professionals		1 082	818	546	160	494	207	3 307
Administrative and clerical		1 576	1 772	1 799	529	1 155	344	7 175
Domestic and other staff		2 713	2 652	2 456	738	1 487	358	10 404
Total staff(d)		12 300	12 772	11 434	3 670	6 900	2 338	49 415
AVERAGE NUMBER OF STAFF PER OCCUPIED BED(e)
Nursing staff
	Registered nursing staff	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.2
	Other nursing staff(c)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
	Total	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.4
Other(f)		1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.4	1.0	1.0
Total staff(d)		2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	3.0	2.7	2.5
(a) Full-time equivalent staff.
(b) 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.
(c) Including enrolled nurses.
(d) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items
(e) Calculated by dividing patient days by the product of average number of beds and the number of days in the year and expressed as a percentage. See Glossary for more information.
(f) Including salaried medical officers and other diagnostic health professionals, administrative, domestic and other staff.

2.12 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Income - States and territories - 2008-09
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(a)	Aust.
Income ($'000)
	Patient revenue(b)	2 158 210	2 026 766	1 830 413	np	1 052 544	np	7 941 535
	Recoveries	39 940	49 913	64 665	10 532	18 785	7 728	191 563
	Other(c)	35 625	43 567	34 467	np	32 988	np	220 213
	Total(d)	2 233 775	2 120 245	1 929 545	575 362	1 104 317	390 066	8 353 310
Patient revenue as a proportion of total income (%)		96.6	95.6	94.9	np	95.3	np	95.1
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) Includes revenue received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for more information.
(c) Includes investment income, income from charities, bequests, visitors' meals, and accommodation and kiosk sales.
(d) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.

2.13 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Income - For Profit/not for profit sector(a) - 2008-09
			Not for profit
		For profit	Religious or charitable	Other(b)	Total
Income ($'000)
	Patient revenue(c)	4 094 537	3 580 081	266 916	7 941 534
	Recoveries	83 448	102 962	5 153	191 563
	Other(d)	94 835	120 412	4 966	220 213
	Total income(e)	4 272 820	3 803 455	277 035	8 353 310
Patient revenue as a proportion of total income (%)		95.8	94.1	96.3	95.1
(a) See Glossary for definition of 'For Profit/not for profit sector'.
(b) Comprising bush nursing, community and memorial hospitals
(c) Includes revenue received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for more information.
(d) Includes investment income, income from charities, bequests, visitors' meals, and accommodation and kiosk sales.
(e) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.

2.14 PRIVATE ACUTE & PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Income - Hospital size(a) - 2008-09
		NUMBER OF BEDS
		0-25	26-50	51-100	101-200	Over 200	Total(b)
Income ($'000)
	Patient revenue(c)	105 940	442 021	1 553 247	2 819 514	3 020 812	7 941 534
	Recoveries	3 127	9 408	33 039	79 563	66 425	191 563
	Other(d)	5 442	8 121	87 278	43 616	75 756	220 213
	Total(b)	114 509	459 551	1 673 564	2 942 693	3 162 993	8 353 310
Patient revenue as a proportion of total income (%)		92.5	96.2	92.8	95.8	95.5	95.1
(a) Based on number of available beds (average for the year).
(b) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.
(c) Includes revenue received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for more information.
(d) Including investment income, income from charities, bequests, visitors' meals, and accommodation and kiosk sales.

2.15 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Expenditure - State and territories - 2008-09
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(a)	Aust.
Recurrent expenditure ($'000)(b)
	Wages and salaries including on-costs	1 010 082	1 023 700	886 409	271 522	528 347	203 521	3 923 582
	Drug, medical and surgical supplies(c)	586 287	500 327	482 681	160 529	250 793	98 305	2 078 922
	Food supplies	27 460	28 971	30 161	6 672	15 064	3 868	112 196
	Other domestic services	36 574	29 773	30 690	8 417	14 890	7 221	127 565
	Administrative expenses	134 635	150 116	115 008	49 832	48 268	33 734	531 593
	Repairs and maintenance	30 277	20 475	26 834	7 484	11 746	4 289	101 105
	Other(d)	179 254	199 887	179 837	46 284	109 125	42 380	756 767
	Total(e)	2 004 568	1 953 248	1 751 621	550 740	978 233	393 318	7 631 728
Wages and salaries including on-costs as a proportion of total recurrent expenditure (%)		50.4	52.4	50.6	49.3	54.0	51.7	51.4
Average recurrent expenditure ($)(f)
	Per patient separation	2 936	2 963	2 940	2 650	2 953	3 204	2 936
	Per patient day	1 054	1 006	977	962	1 154	1 232	1 035
Gross capital expenditure ($'000)(g)		185 543	124 992	208 671	15 346	45 911	8 309	588 772
(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) Recurrent 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 definition.
(c) Including surgically implanted prostheses and homograft items.
(d) Including interest, depreciation, contract services and transport expenses.
(e) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.
(f) Average expenditure figures can vary considerably between hospitals depending on the type of services they provide.
(g) Gross capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (excluding financial assets). See Glossary for further definition.

2.16 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Expenditure - For Profit/not for profit sector(a) - 2008-09
			NOT FOR PROFIT
		For profit	Religious or charitable	Other(b)	Total
Recurrent expenditure ($'000)(c)
	Wages and salaries including on-costs	1 956 423	1 817 570	149 588	3 923 582
	Drug, medical and surgical supplies(d)	1 013 538	991 500	73 884	2 078 922
	Food supplies	51 442	56 237	4 517	112 196
	Other domestic services	56 748	66 987	3 831	127 565
	Administrative expenses	243 193	272 431	15 968	531 593
	Repairs and maintenance	53 440	44 479	3 185	101 105
	Other(e)	332 337	399 120	25 310	756 767
	Total(f)	3 707 120	3 648 325	276 283	7 631 728
Wages and salaries including on-costs as a proportion of total recurrent expenditure (%)		52.8	49.8	54.1	51.4
Average recurrent expenditure ($)(g)
	Per patient separation	2 567	3 465	2 691	2 936
	Per patient day	934	1 173	932	1 035
Gross capital expenditure ($'000)(h)		236 030	338 560	14 182	588 772
(a) See Glossary for definition of 'For Profit/not for profit sector'.
(b) Comprising bush nursing, community and memorial hospitals.
(c) Recurrent 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 definition.
(d) Including surgically implanted prostheses and homograft items.
(e) Including interest, depreciation, contract services and transport.
(f) Total may include figures where providers were able to provide a total recurrent expenditure figure, without further breakdown of expenditure items, therefore the total will not equate to the sum of the individual items.
(g) Average expenditure figures can vary considerably between hospitals depending on the type of services they provide.
(h) Gross capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (excluding financial assets). See Glossary for further definition.

2.17 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Expenditure - Hospital size(a) - 2008-09
		NUMBER OF BEDS
		0-25	26-50	51-100	101-200	Over 200	Total
Recurrent expenditure ($'000)(b)
	Wages and salaries including on-costs	58 469	236 534	840 890	1 291 235	1 496 453	3 923 582
	Drug, medical and surgical supplies(c)	24 554	78 017	333 143	800 842	842 365	2 078 922
	Food supplies	1 769	7 940	23 584	34 311	44 591	112 196
	Other domestic services	2 224	8 562	27 654	44 732	44 394	127 565
	Administrative expenses	10 360	30 285	121 042	199 153	170 752	531 593
	Repairs and maintenance	1 219	6 956	24 237	35 926	32 767	101 105
	Other(d)	12 240	46 923	158 566	264 722	274 315	756 767
	Total(e)	110 836	415 217	1 529 116	2 670 921	2 905 637	7 631 728
Wages and salaries including on-costs as a proportion of total recurrent expenditure (%)		52.8	57.0	55.0	48.3	51.5	51.4
Average recurrent expenditure ($)(f)
	Per patient separation	1 687	1 832	2 420	3 016	3 678	2 936
	Per patient day	809	622	837	1 144	1 207	1 035
Gross capital expenditure ($'000)(g)		6 777	32 329	115 672	248 139	185 855	588 772
(a) Based on number of available beds (average for the year).
(b) Recurrent 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 definition.
(c) Including surgically implanted prostheses and homograft items.
(d) Including interest, depreciation, contract services and transport expenses.
(e) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.
(f) Average expenditure figures can vary considerably between hospitals depending on the type of services they provide.
(g) Gross capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (excluding financial assets). See Glossary for further definition.

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