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TABLE 2.1: PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Australia—Selected years
2005-06
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Hospitals (no.)
291
279
281
282
286
282
289
Beds/Chairs (no.)(a)
24,113
25,394
26,031
26,889
27,943
28,679
29,922
Separations ('000)
2,345
2,822
2,965
3,092
3,220
3,405
3,534
Patient days ('000)
Same-day patient (b)
1,269
1,630
1,749
1,841
1,939
2,081
2,169
Overnight-stay patient
5,624
6,336
6,316
6,458
6,894
7,182
7,354
Total
6,893
7,966
8,066
8,299
8,833
9,263
9,523
Operating theatres
839
1,045
1,051
1,054
1,097
1,151
1,240
Co-located with a public hospital (no.)
na
36
41
43
47
47
47
Full-time equivalent staff (no.)(c)
47,770
55,053
53,850
56,317
58,170
59,923
62,151
Income (d)
Total ($'000)
6,591,077
9,837,799
10,352,330
10,856,065
11,740,226
12,768,606
13,536,662
Patient income (%)(e)
95.6
95.5
95.5
95.7
95.6
95.0
95.2
Recurrent expenditure (f)
Total ($'000)
6,159,509
8,948,902
9,339,217
9,859,844
10,535,797
11,473,793
12,206,220
Wages and salaries, including on-costs, as a proportion of total expenditure (%)
51.8
50.6
48.6
49.2
49.2
49.9
49.4
Gross capital expenditure (g)
Total ($'000)
370,132
788,319
460,859
663,558
718,316
834,292
1,122,907
na not available
(a) Available beds/chairs/trolleys (average for the year).
(b) Same day patients are counted as having a stay of one day.
(c) 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. See Glossary for further information.
(d) Income includes income from patients, recoveries, and other income such as investment income and income from charities, bequests, meals and accommodation but excludes income from state and territory governments. See Glossary for further information.
(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) 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.
(g) Gross capital expenditure refers to expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset (including financial assets). See Glossary for
further information.
REAL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
Footnote(s): (a) Laspeyres input cost index was used to provide real income and expenditure. See Explanatory Note 26 for further information.
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