HOSPITALS

The number of private Acute and psychiatric hospitals across Australia increased to 281 in 2011-12, up from 279 in 2009-10 and 2010-11. More than half of the Australian private Acute and psychiatric hospitals are in New South Wales and Victoria (31.7% and 28.1% respectively), with the balance in Queensland (19.2%), South Australia (10.0%), Western Australia (7.8%) and remainder of the states and territories (3.2%).

TABLE 2.1: PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Australia—Selected years
	2001-02	2007-08(a)	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
New South Wales	87	na	85	87	86	89
Victoria	84	na	77	78	79	79
Queensland	56	na	54	53	54	54
South Australia	32	na	30	30	30	28
Western Australia	29	na	21	22	21	22
Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory (b)	13	na	12	9	9	9
Australia	301	na	279	279	279	281
na not available (a) Data for the 2007–08 reference year are not available. See Explanatory Note 4 for further information. (b) Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory have been aggregated to protect the confidentiality of the small number of hospitals in these states/territories.

Of Australia's 281 private Acute and psychiatric hospitals, 216 (76.9%) are located in a metropolitan area.

There were 26,031 beds and chairs available in Acute and psychiatric hospitals in 2011-12, 2.5% more than in 2010-11.

Acute and psychiatric hospitals located in metropolitan areas accounted for 87.3% of all available beds and chairs in 2011-12 compared with 84.9% in 2010-11.

In 2011-12, 1.7 million separations (59.0% of all Acute and psychiatric hospital separations) were for same day patients, with the remaining separations (1.2 million) relating to overnight-stay patients. The proportion of all separations from Acute and psychiatric hospitals resulting from same-day patients has been increasing over the past 10 years, from 51.6% in 2001-02, to 59.0% in 2011-12.

The average length of stay for overnight-stay patients decreased to 5.2 days in 2011-12 from 5.3 days in 2010-11, while the average length of stay for all patients decreased from 2.8 days to 2.7 days. In 2001-02, overnight-stay patients stayed an average of 5.6 days, while the average length of stay for all patients was 3.2 days.

In 2011-12, the bed occupancy rate was 84.9% for all patients, compared with 85.9% in 2010-11, and 75.2% in 2001-02. The occupancy rate for overnight-stay patients was 66.5% in 2011-12, down from 68.4% in 2010-11 and up from 63.1% in 2001-02.

The number of full-time equivalent staff employed in Australia's Acute and psychiatric hospitals decreased in 2011-12 to 53 850. This is down 2.2% from 2010-11, and up 15.3% from 2001-02.

Acute and psychiatric hospitals in Australia received a total income of $10,352 million during 2011-12, an increase of 5.2% over 2010-11. Total income is now 104.4% higher than in 2001-02. Patient revenue accounted for 95.5% of all income generated by Acute and psychiatric hospitals in 2011-12.

Recurrent expenditure for Acute and psychiatric hospitals for the 2011-12 cycle amounted to $9,339 million, an increase of 4.4% over the previous cycle. Recurrent expenditure is now 95.5% higher than in 2001-02.

Labour costs (including on-costs, such as employer contributions to superannuation and payroll tax) represented 48.6% of recurrent expenditure in 2011-12, compared to 50.6% in 2010-11 and 54.7% in 2001-02.

The average expenditure per patient day was $1,158 in 2011-12 compared with $1,123 in 2010-11 and $703 in 2001-02.

TABLE 2.2: PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Summary—2011–12
		2001-02	2007-08(a)	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
Hospitals (no.)
	Metropolitan (b)	na	na	na	na	209	216
	Rural (b)	na	na	na	na	70	65
	Total	301	na	279	279	279	281
Beds/Chairs (no.) (c)
	Metropolitan (b)	na	na	na	na	21 563	22 719
	Rural (b)	na	na	na	na	3 831	3 312
	Total	24 748	na	24 685	24 926	25 394	26 031
Separations ('000)
	Same-day patient	1 092	na	1 482	1 561	1 630	1 749
	Overnight-stay patient	1 026	na	1 118	1 170	1 192	1 216
	Total (d)	2 118	na	2 600	2 731	2 822	2 965
Patient days ('000)
	Same-day patient (e)	1 092	na	1 482	1 561	1 630	1 749
	Overnight-stay patient	5 703	na	5 892	6 019	6 336	6 316
	Total	6 794	na	7 374	7 580	7 966	8 066
Average length of stay (no.)
	Overnight-stay patients	5.6	na	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.2
	All patients	3.2	na	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7
Bed occupancy rate (%) (f)
	Overnight-stay patients	63.1	na	65.4	66.2	68.4	66.5
	All patients	75.2	na	81.8	83.3	85.9	84.9
Full-time equivalent staff (no.) (g)		46 709	na	49 415	53 375	55 053	53 850
Income (h)
	Total ($'000)	5 065 971	na	8 353 310	9 043 615	9 837 799	10 352 330
	Patient income (%) (i)	94.5	na	95.1	96	95.5	95.5
Expenditure (j)
	Total ($'000)	4 776 566	na	7 631 728	8 354 222	8 948 902	9 339 217
	Labour costs, including on-costs (%)	54.7	na	51.4	51.6	50.6	48.6
	Per patient day ($)	703	na	1 035	1 102	1 123	1 158
Gross Capital expenditure ($'000) (k)		446 990	na	588 772	695 066	788 319	np
na not available np not available for publication (a) Data for the 2007–08 reference year are not available. See Explanatory Note 4 for further information. (b) Metropolitan and Rural are two classifications included in the new Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). See Glossary for further information. (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 further information. (g) Staff represented are typical full-time equivalent numbers for the year. Full-time equivalent represents the sum of full-time staff and full-time equivalent of part-time staff. Includes nursing staff contracted for supply of labour through agency. See Glossary for further information. (h) Income includes income from patients, recoveries and other income such as investment income and income from charities, bequests, meals and accommodation but excludes income payments from state and territory governments. See Glossary for further information. (i) Includes income received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for further information. (j) 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. (k) Capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (excluding financial assets). See Glossary for further information. Note that gross and net capital expenditure has not been published for 2011-12. See Explanatory Note 40 for further information.

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