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Separations with specialised psychiatric care
Care type/hospital type 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 Average annual change (%)
Public acute hospitals 76,042 76,172 76,019 79,738 78,919 0.9
Public psychiatric hospitals 14,188 12,887 13,255 12,771 12,723 –2.7
Private hospitals 26,495 27,793 29,459 29,623 32,605 5.3
Total 116,725 116,852 118,733 122,132 124,247 1.6
Separations without specialised psychiatric care
Care type/hospital type 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 Average annual change (%)
Public acute hospitals 68,087 70,975 75,195 76,553 76,997 3.1
Public psychiatric hospitals (b) 1,048 1,136 770 660 544 –15.1
Private hospitals 11,852 10,390 9,488 10,011 11,102 –1.6
Total 80,987 82,501 85,453 87,224 88,643 2.3
Total mental health-related separations
Care type/hospital type 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 Average annual change (%)
Public acute hospitals 144,129 147,147 151,214 156,291 155,916 2.0
Public psychiatric hospitals 15,236 14,023 14,025 13,431 13,267 –3.4
Private hospitals 38,347 38,183 38,947 39,634 43,707 3.3
Total 197,712 199,353 204,186 209,356 212,890 1.9

  1. Excludes separations for which the care type was reported as Newborn with no qualified days, records for Hospital boarders and Posthumous organ procurement, and ambulatory equivalent mental health-related separations.
  2. Mental health-related separations without specialised psychiatric care reported by public psychiatric hospitals generally relate to the provision of alcohol and drug treatment.

Source

AIHW 2010. Mental health services in Australia 2007–08. AIHW forthcoming. Canberra.