4390.0 - Private Hospitals, Australia, 2009-10

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Patient activity within private hospitals continues to grow (Media Release)

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The number of full-time equivalent staff employed at Acute and psychiatric hospitals in Australia during 2009-10 was 53,375, an increase of 8.0% from the 2008-09 cycle (49,415). Nursing staff (30,568) accounted for 57.3% of total staff, and averaged 1.5 per occupied bed in 2009-10, the same figure observed in 2008-09. Administrative and clerical staff accounted for 15.3%, and Salaried medical officers and other diagnostic professionals accounted for 7.2% of total staff.