HOSPITALS
There were 564 private hospitals operating in Australia in 2008-09 compared with 557 in 2006-07. This represented an overall increase of 1.3% in the total number of private hospitals, the net effect of a decrease of 10 Acute and psychiatric hospitals and an increase of 17 Free-standing day hospitals.
The number of available beds and chairs increased 1.9% from 26,678 in 2006-07 to 27,180 in 2008-09. The number of beds and chairs in Acute psychiatric hospitals increased by 1.1% and those in Free-standing hospitals increased by 11%.
Total patient separations were 10% higher overall in 2008-09 compared to 2006-07. There were 3.4 million patient separations from all private hospitals in 2008-09, compared with 3.1 million in 2006-07.
Private hospitals provided 8.1 million days of hospitalisation to patients in 2008-09, up 6.1% on 2006-07 (7.7 million).
Staff numbers (full-time equivalent) increased by 6.1% to 52,114 in 2008-09 compared to 2006-07 (49,103).
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