Public Hospitals

421 The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) ().28 November 2024). Can the Minister for Health and Wellbeing advise—

1. Can the minister provide all information regarding: the cost per national weighted activity unit for the periods 30 June-1 July for each of the years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23, for the hospitals listed below:

Flinders Medical Centre;

Royal Adelaide Hospital;

Lyell McEwin Hospital;

Modbury Hospital;

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital;

Noarlunga Hospital;

Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service;

Port Augusta Hospital and Health Services, and

Whyalla Hospital and Health Service?

2. The average length of stay in each of the hospitals listed above, for the same periods?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

1. SA Health provides costing data to the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority on the cost per national weighted activity unit. This information is publicly available at National Benchmarking Portal (NBP) which is publicly accessible at https://www.ihacpa.gov.au.

The benchmarking portal includes insights from data collected between 2017-18 and 2021-22. The NBP has three areas of focus:

Cost per NWAU;

Hospital acquired complications (HACs); and

Avoidable hospital readmissions (AHRs).

2. SA Health provide data to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) who publish data (https://www.aihw.gov.au).

Data on average overnight length of stay (days) is publicly accessible at https://www.aihw.gov.au.