EXPENDITURE
Recurrent expenditure recorded for Free-standing day hospital facilities in 2008-09 was $505m. This was an increase of 31% since 2006-07, when $385m was recorded. When adjusted for price changes, recurrent expenditure increased by 8.6% from the previous cycle ($870m) and the average annual increase in recurrent expenditure was 12% over the five year period from 2003-04 ($305m) to 2008-09 ($489m). This did not include 2007-08 because the Private Health Establishments Collection was not undertaken for the cycle. See Explanatory Note 23 for more information concerning the use of chain volume measures to adjust income and expenditure.
The average expenditure per patient separation increased from $610 in 2006-07 to $660 in 2008-09. In price adjusted terms, the average expenditure per patient separation in 2008-09 decreased by 0.1% over the previous five cycles, from $643 in 2003-04 to $640 in 2008-09. The average annual movement in expenditure per patient separation has remained steady from 2003-04 to 2008-09. This did not include 2007-08 because the Private Health Establishments Collection was not undertaken for the cycle. See Explanatory Note 23 for more information concerning the use of chain volume measures to adjust income and expenditure.
Gross capital expenditure for Free-standing day hospital facilities during 2008-09 was $48m. Capital expenditure represented 9.6% of total expenditure in 2008-09.
Free standing Day Hospitals, Expenditure per patient 2003-04 to 2008-09(a)
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