House of Assembly
Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
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Parliament of South Australia
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Public Hospital Beds
PUBLIC HOSPITAL BEDS
Dr McFETRIDGE
House of Assembly
Morphett
PUBLIC HOSPITAL BEDS
21 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (1 June 2010). Using the OECD classification of in-patients beds, how many public hospital beds were there in South Australia in each year from 1995 to 2009 according to the following categories—
(a)	acute care beds;
(b)	curative care beds;
(c)	psychiatric care beds; and
(d)	long term care beds (not including the following—surgical tables; recovery trolleys, emergency stretches, beds for some day care, cots for healthy infants, beds in wards closed for any reason, provisional and temporary beds, beds in nursing and residential facilities, and chairs and recliner chairs used for same day care)?
The Hon. J.D. HILL
House of Assembly
Kaurna
Minister for Health
Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Minister for the Southern Suburbs
Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts
PUBLIC HOSPITAL BEDS
The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts): I am advised:
The number of public acute hospital inpatient beds from 1994-95 to 2008-09 are as per the table below. These are consistent with OECD definitions. The Department's usual convention of excluding public psychiatric hospitals from counts of public hospital beds has been followed in preparing this response.
Average available inpatient beds in public acute hospitals
|
Metropolitan hospitals |
Country hospitals |
All hospitals |
| 94-95 |
2,811 |
2,298 |
5,110 |
| 95-96 |
2,713 |
2,177 |
4,891 |
| 96-97 |
2,651 |
2,073 |
4,724 |
| 97-98 |
2,665 |
2,025 |
4,690 |
| 98-99 |
2,624 |
2,003 |
4,627 |
| 99-00 |
2,539 |
2,015 |
4,554 |
| 00-01 |
2,605 |
1,996 |
4,600 |
| 01-02 |
2,601 |
1,962 |
4,563 |
| 02-03 |
2,552 |
1,939 |
4,491 |
| 03-04 |
2,585 |
1,938 |
4,523 |
| 04-05 |
2,653 |
1,861 |
4,514 |
| 05-06 |
2,673 |
1,862 |
4,535 |
| 06-07 |
2,759 |
1,855 |
4,614 |
| 07-08 |
2,838 |
1,866 |
4,704 |
| 08-09 |
2,819 |
1,819 |
4,638 |
Only total bed numbers have been provided. The data source for beds does not distinguish between different types, such as acute and psychiatric.