INCOME

Free-standing day hospital facilities received $990.9 million in income during 2013-14, a 4.7% increase from 2012-13. Free-standing day hospitals received 95.7% of their total revenue as patient revenue in 2013-14, up from 95.0% in 2012-13.

The proportion of total income received as patient income varied from to 98.7% of all income in Ophthalmic surgery hospitals to 92.3% of all income in Gastroenterology hospital facilities.

The average income for the 326 Free-standing day hospitals in 2013-14 was $3.0 million. This varied from $4.3 million for the 74 Ophthalmic surgery hospitals to $1.6 million for the 36 Plastic and cosmetic surgery establishments.

Table 3.6 PRIVATE FREE-STANDING DAY HOSPITALS, Income—Type of centre(a)—2013-14
			Gastroenterology (b)	Ophthalmic surgery	Plastic and cosmetic surgery	Gynaecology, Fertility treatment and Family Planning	Other(c)	Total(d)
Income ($'000)
	Patient income(e)
		Income from Federal, state and local government	22,731	25,774	3,000	21,854	94,088	167,447
		Income from private health insurance companies	108,253	231,042	27,470	18,543	177,275	562,583
		Income from third parties (f)	1,197	2,275	np	np	np	9,022
		Income direct from patient	28,974	50,901	23,192	48,212	42,860	194,139
		Total	165,360	313,483	55,454	91,214	322,616	948,127
	Recoveries		7,496	3,049	np	np	2,744	14,310
	Other (g)		6,303	1,084	np	np	14,384	28,467
	Total (h)		179,159	317,616	58,167	96,218	339,744	990,904
Patient income as a proportion of total income (%)			92.3	98.7	95.3	97.3	96.1	95.7
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated (a) See Explanatory Note 25 for further information on categories. (b) Gastroenterology, including endoscopy. (c) Including Dental Oral Maxillofacial surgery, Dialysis, Oncology, General surgery, sleep disorders clinic and other types of centre. (d) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items. (e) Includes income received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for further information. (f)Includes, for example, payments Workcover payments, Motor Vehicle third party claims, workers compensation. (g) Including investment income, income from charities, bequests, visitors' meals, and accommodation and kiosk sales. (h) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.

NSW recorded the highest proportion of all Free-standing day hospital income at 33.2% in 2013-14. Income per hospital ranged from $3.9 million in Queensland to $2.4 million in Victoria. Patient income as a proportion of total income ranged from 99.6% in Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory to 92.2% in South Australia.

Table 3.7 PRIVATE FREE-STANDING DAY HOSPITALS, Income—States and territories—2013-14
			NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(a)	Aus.
Income ($'000)
	Patient income ('000) (b)
		Income from Federal, state and local government	49,162	38,168	22,035	4,892	45,382	7,808	167,447
		Income from private health insurance companies	188,243	107,202	136,546	50,168	49,835	30,589	562,583
		Income from third parties (c)	4,271	1,192	1,442	np	958	np	9,022
		Income direct from patient	70,574	39,752	34,710	23,675	16,197	9,231	194,139
		Total (d)	315,844	189,066	197,132	80,485	114,217	51,383	948,127
	Recoveries		3,468	4,178	3,918	np	1,828	np	14,310
	Other (e)		9,251	9,707	2,196	np	1,211	np	28,467
	Total (f)		328,563	202,951	203,246	87,316	117,256	51,572	990,904
Patient income as a proportion of total income (%)			96.1	93.2	97.0	92.2	97.4	99.6	95.7
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 income received by, and due to, the hospital in respect of patient liability for accommodation and other fees. See Glossary for further information. (c) Includes, for example, payments Workcover payments, Motor Vehicle third party claims, workers compensation. (d) Includes other patient income. (e) Includes investment income, income from charities, bequests, visitors' meals, and accommodation and kiosk sales. (f) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items.

When income is adjusted to remove the effects of price changes over the period, the average annual increase over the five years from 2009-10 (total real income of $632 million) to 2013-14 (total real income of $964 million) was 3.9%. For further information on the use of chain volume measures to adjust income and expenditure, see Explanatory Note 26.