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Table 13A.70
Table 13A.70
2005-06
Public hospital separations for care type "maintenance" for people aged 70 years and over plus Indigenous
people aged 50–69 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)
Unit NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust
Length of stay in separation with diagnosis Z75.11 or Z74.2
35 days or more no. 572 566 591 156 179 134 np np 2 232
less than 35 days no. 2 880 2 142 2 148 773 686 240 np np 8 990
Total no. 3 452 2 708 2 739 929 865 374 np np 11 222
Proportion greater than 35 days % 16.6 20.9 21.6 16.8 20.7 35.8 26.4 3.3 19.9
Total number of public hospital separations for people aged 70 years and over plus Indigenous people aged 50–69 (f)
no. 442 481 373 412 191 470 114 187 113 644 25 721 19 491 27 589 1 307 995
2006-07
Length of stay in separation with diagnosis Z75.11 or Z74.2
35 days or more no. 523 440 776 247 170 142 np np 2 355
less than 35 days no. 2 643 1 357 2 176 969 713 296 np np 8 426
Total no. 3 166 1 797 2 952 1 216 883 438 np np 10 781
Proportion greater than 35 days % 16.5 24.5 26.3 20.3 19.3 32.4 17.9 11.1 21.8
Total number of public hospital separations for people aged 70 years and over plus Indigenous people aged 50–69 (f)
no. 466 757 390 276 202 563 129 756 120 712 26 230 21 526 29 832 1 387 652
(a)
(b)
Data includes completed hospital separations with a care type of maintenance care for persons age 70 years and over and Indigenous persons aged 50–69,
with a principle or additional diagnosis of Z75.11 or Z74.2. Z75.11 is defined as “person awaiting admission to residential aged care”. Z74.2 is defined as
“need for assistance at home and no other household member able to render care”.
These data only account for completed unlinked separations — that is, if a change in the type of care occurs during a patient’s hospital stay, these data do
not combine these separations to reflect the full length of hospital stay for a patient.
(c)
(d)
Diagnosis codes may not be applied consistently across jurisdictions, or over time.
Although the diagnosis codes reflect a care type, they do not determine a persons appropriate requirement for residential aged care (this is determined by
an ACAT assessment).
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