Page 4845 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019

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Hospitals—common procedures
(Question No 2725)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 20 September 2019:

(1) What are the 20 most common procedures performed at The Canberra Hospital and how many of these procedures were performed during 2018-19.

(2) For each of the procedures in part (1), what is the average cost of performing these procedures and how does this cost compare with (a) the Australian average and (b) peer group hospitals.

(3) What are the 20 most common procedures performed at the Calvary Public Hospital Bruce and how many of these procedures were performed during 2018-19.

(4) For each of the procedures in part (3), what it the average cost of performing these procedures and how does this compare with (a) the Australian average and (b) peer group hospitals.

(5) What are the 20 most common procedures performed in private hospitals on patients funded by Canberra Health Services, and of these (a) how many of each procedure were performed during 2018-19 and (b) how does this compare with the Australian average for the relevant procedure.

Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1)

Procedure Block

Number of Procedures at Canberra Hospital

Generalised allied health interventions

36,898

Cerebral anaesthesia

20,150

Haemodialysis

19,907

Administration of blood & blood products

4,608

Other debridement of subcutaneous tissues

2,857

Conduction anaesthesia

2,008

Administration of pharmacotherapy

1,878

Spontaneous vertex delivery

1,799

Non-invasive ventilation support

1,642

Coronary angiography

1,545

Postpartum suture

1,367

Medical or surgical induction of labour

1,184

Caesarean section

1,052

Excision procedures

961

Excision of lesion of subcutaneous tissues

916

Analgesia & anaesthesia during labour & delivery procedure

910

Endoscopic insertion, replace, removal ureteric stent

793

Fetal monitoring

743

Transluminal coronary angioplasty with stenting

725

Examination procedures on ventricle

648


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