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MINISTER FOR HEALTH

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 142

Public Hospitals - Occupied-Bed-Day Statistics

Mrs Carnell - asked the Minister for Health:

(1) How many occupied bed days (OBDs) were spent in single bed rooms.

(2) What proportion is that of total OBDs in public hospitals.

(3) How many of these occupied bed days were private patients staying in single bed

rooms.

(4) How many OBDs are attributable to private patients in total (ie in both single

bedrooms and in wards).

(5) How many OBDs are due to medicare patients staying in single bed moms.

Mr Berry - the answer to Mrs Carnells question is:

(1) Occupancy is calculated on a whole ward basis and not room by room and hence

this data is not available.

It is policy to provide single rooms to patients based on the severity of their illness and their nursing care requirements, not their health insurance status.

(2) Refer to the answer given in (1).

(3) Of tin; private patients admitted between 1 February 1992 and 31 May 1992,243

occupied days were for those patients electing and receiving a single room.

(4) For the period 1 February 1992 to 31 May 1992, 14 907 occupied days were for

private patients.

(5) Refer to the answer in (1).

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