In relation to the provision of hospital services to patients who live outside the ACT:

(1) How many patients living outside the ACT were treated in each of Calvary Public Hospital and The Canberra Hospital in 2001-02 and 2002-03;

(2) What is the estimated total cost to the ACT health system of providing hospital services to patients who live outside the ACT;

(3) How much was recovered from (a) the NSW government and (b) other state governments for providing hospital services in Calvary Public Hospital and The Canberra Hospital in each of 2001-02 and 2002-03.

(1) The patients treated from outside the ACT at The Canberra Hospital and Calvary Public hospital are outlined below:

Table 1: Inpatient, Emergency Department (ED)* and Outpatient Clinic** episodes for non-ACT residents, ACT public hospitals, 2001-02 and 2002-03

* ED episodes include both admitted and non-admitted episodes. Admitted episodes are also inpatients.

** TCH ED/Outpatient episodes exclude medical imaging and pathology episodes. Calvary ED/Outpatient episodes include unknown number of radiology episodes.

(2) It is only possible to provide a rough estimate of costs for 2001-02. Hospital cost data for 2002-03 is not available yet. In 2001-02, the estimated cost of providing hospital services to patients who lived outside the ACT was $60 million.