Principal referral and Specialist women's and children's hospitals
| Peer group |
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas |
ACT |
NT |
Total |
| Number of hospitals |
29 |
17 |
18 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
80 |
| Average beds per hospital |
374 |
212 |
399 |
410 |
418 |
437 |
619 |
253 |
352 |
| Average cost weight |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
| Cost per casemix-adjusted separation ($) |
4,302 |
4,161 |
4,180 |
4,320 |
3,885 |
4,431 |
n.p. |
4,516 |
4,215 |
Large hospitals
| Peer group |
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas |
ACT |
NT |
Total |
| Number of hospitals |
15 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
— |
40 |
| Average beds per hospital |
148 |
107 |
141 |
142 |
229 |
134 |
222 |
. . |
142 |
| Average cost weight |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
. . |
0.9 |
| Cost per casemix-adjusted separation ($) |
4,072 |
3,963 |
3,934 |
4,262 |
4,113 |
n.p. |
n.p. |
. . |
4,125 |
Medium hospitals
| Peer group |
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas |
ACT |
NT |
Total |
| Number of hospitals |
39 |
15 |
12 |
7 |
13 |
— |
— |
— |
86 |
| Average beds per hospital |
62 |
47 |
57 |
91 |
55 |
. . |
. . |
. . |
60 |
| Average cost weight |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
. . |
. . |
. . |
0.8 |
| Cost per casemix-adjusted separation ($) |
4,336 |
4,050 |
3,504 |
4,632 |
3,660 |
. . |
. . |
. . |
4,129 |
Small acute hospitals
| Peer group |
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas |
ACT |
NT |
Total |
| Number of hospitals |
41 |
23 |
37 |
17 |
17 |
6 |
— |
3 |
144 |
| Average beds per hospital |
25 |
19 |
19 |
25 |
23 |
14 |
. . |
37 |
22 |
| Average cost weight |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
. . |
0.5 |
0.8 |
| Cost per casemix-adjusted separation ($) |
4,661 |
4,884 |
4,764 |
5,069 |
3,802 |
4,322 |
. . |
5,430 |
4,743 |
Total selected public hospitals
| Peer group |
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas |
ACT |
NT |
Total |
| Number of hospitals |
124 |
65 |
72 |
36 |
37 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
350 |
| Average beds per hospital |
133 |
90 |
129 |
121 |
99 |
121 |
421 |
123 |
120 |
| Average cost weight |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
| Cost per casemix-adjusted separation ($) |
4,284 |
4,153 |
4,146 |
4,386 |
3,887 |
4,581 |
4,510 |
4,619 |
4,215 |
n.p. Not published because there was only one hospital in the peer group.
. . Not applicable.
Notes
- Cost excludes depreciation.
- Hospital counts refer to facilities with available financial data. As a result, the numbers of hospitals and beds will be different from those reported in Table 7.13.
- For details of the methods used see AIHW 2009a.
Source
AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.