Annual Report 2008-09 - Austin Health

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Year at a Glance TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO AUSTIN HEALTH FACILITIES END OF YEAR FINANCIAL RESULTS The number of patients admitted climbed to 89,668 this year – the eighth consecutive year of growth and a 37 per cent increase since 2000-01. The 3.7 per cent growth in the number of in-patients treated was due primarily to the number of surgical procedures undertaken at The Surgery Centre. The underlying operating result for 2008-09 was $242,000. This figure was inflated by a major donation of $4.2 million to fund medical research. TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO PRESENTED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR TREATMENT PERCENTAGE OF EMERGENCY PATIENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED TO A WARD BED WITHIN EIGHT HOURS Emergency Department attendances continued to increase sharply this year, with 8.2 per cent or 4,659 more attendances than the previous year. This constitutes a 47 per cent increase in activity since the new hospital opened in 2005. This increase was partly driven by heat-related presentations in summer and the swine flu pandemic during May and June. Emergency Department patients admitted to an in-patient ward bed within eight hours increased slightly compared to the previous year, despite increased numbers of patient presentations. This result was due to improved patient flow systems within the Emergency Department. 2 Austin Health : 2008-09 ANNUAL REPORT
PERCENTAGE OF TIME AMBULANCES WERE DIVERTED TO OTHER HOSPITALS TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS WAITING FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY AT YEAR’S END Despite the continued growth in patients presenting to the Emergency Department, Austin Health was again able to achieve the Department of Human Services benchmark of being on bypass less than three per cent of the total time in each quarter. Austin Health is continuing to work closely with the Metropolitan Ambulance Service and surrounding hospitals to minimise time spent on bypass. The total waiting list for elective surgery decreased by 22 per cent due to the performance of over 5,000 procedures at The Surgery Centre. This was achieved despite a 15 per cent increase in numbers of patients added to the waiting list. AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY FOR ACUTE PATIENTS (EXCLUDING SAME DAY PATIENTS) PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS WHOSE ELECTIVE SURGERY WAS POSTPONED BY THE HOSPITAL The average length of stay of non-same day patients remained constant compared to the previous year, despite the increasing average acuity of patients admitted. Lengths of stay at Austin Health include long-stay spinal and liver transplant patients. There was a significant reduction in the number of patients whose elective surgery was postponed by the hospital this year. This was greatly assisted by the quarantining of elective surgery patients at The Surgery Centre from the pressures of delivering emergency care. Austin Health : 2008-09 ANNUAL REPORT 3
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