Annual Report 2008-09 - Austin Health

Mandatory Reporting
AUSTIN HEALTH ACTIVITY DATA 2008-09
Admitted Patients 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Discharges
Acute (including rehabilitation) 83,185 83,726 86,840
Mental Health 940 920 889
Aged and palliative care 1,003 1,024 1,167
Total Separations 85,128 85,670 88,896
Total WIES (Weighted Inlier Equivalent Separations) 59,022 61,430 64,754
Total bed days (accrued) 301,964 307,945 306,692
Available Beds (at June 30)
Acute (including rehabilitation) 678 684 718
Mental Health 138 137 131
Aged and palliative care 58 59 77
Other 60 60 60
Total Available Beds 934 940 986
Intensive Care Beds 17 17 17
Non-Admitted Patients
Victorian Ambulance Classification System (VACS) – No. of Weighted Attendances 102,364 97,387 98,678
Allied Health Occasions of Service 79,974 80,389 79,228
Elective Surgery Performance
Elective surgery – removals from waiting list 7,243 7,623 10,321
Category 1 patients waiting less than 30 days 100% 100% 100%
Category 2 patients waiting less than 90 days 50% 38% 62%
Category 3 patients waiting less than 365 days 82% 83% 88%
Emergency Department Performance
Emergency Department presentations 53,501 56,887 61,546
Category 1 patients receiving immediate attention 100% 100% 100%
Emergency patients admitted to an in-patient bed within 8 hours 63% 67% 70%
Percentage of operating time on hospital bypass 2% 2% 2%
Non-admitted emergency patients with a length of stay of less than 4 hours 67% 71% 72%
No. of patients with an emergency department length of stay greater than 24 hours 5 0 0
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Austin Health : 2008-09 ANNUAL REPORT