HOSPITALS
The total number of private Free-standing day hospital facilities increased by 17 establishments, from 268 in 2006-07 to 285 in 2008-09. The largest number of Free-standing day hospitals were situated in New South Wales (91 facilities or 32%). The largest increase of all the states and territories was in Western Australia, with a net increase of 12 private Free-standing day hospitals since 2006-07.
The number of beds/chairs in Free-standing day hospital facilities increased by 244 (11%), from 2,251 in 2006-07 to 2,495 in 2008-09. New South Wales accounted for the largest proportion of beds/chairs (784 beds/chairs or 31%).
The number of operating theatres increased by 6.1% from 264 to 280 over the two year period, while the number of procedure rooms rose by 15% to 235 rooms.
The four main types of specialised Free-standing day hospitals in 2008-09 and their proportion of the total were Specialist endoscopy (26%), Ophthalmic (21%), Plastic/cosmetic (12%) and General surgery (4.9%).
Patient separations
Patient separations from Free-standing day hospital facilities continued to increase from 631,327 in 2006-07 to 765,264 in 2008-09, an increase of 21%. This was compared with previous increasing trends; on average, the annual increase in patient separations was 7.8% over the five years to 2006-07. The increase since the 2006-07 cycle was consistent with the number of new establishments in the intervening years.
Staff
The total number of full-time equivalent staff in Free-standing day hospital facilities increased by 13% to 2,700 in 2008-09. Nursing staff accounted for 56% (1,511.3) of total staff in 2008-09, a proportional decrease of 1.6% from 2006-07. Administrative and clerical staff increased by 12% to 852.4 full-time equivalent staff.
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