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DHF Annual Report 2009 - NT Health Digital Library - Northern ...

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Acute CareThe Acute Care Division is responsible forthe leadership and management of the located in Darwin, Alice Springs, Nhulunbuy,Katherine and Tennant Creek, supporting650 public hospital beds and a range of acutecare services, including inpatient, outpatientand Emergency Department services.OutcomeImproved health and wellbeing ofthose in the Territory communitywho require acute or specialist care.In addition the Division provides critical network services including the Patient AssistanceTravel Scheme (PATS), Specialist Outreach Services, Ambulance and Aero retrievalservices, policy development, supply and coordination of blood and blood products andnational funding agreements.Admitted Patient ServicesAdmitted patient services comprises of acute and non-acute medical care or treatmentsto patients who undergo a formal admissions process. In <strong>2009</strong>-10, the revised budgetallocated $503.1 million to acute care admitted services, with actual expenditure amountingto just under $500.2million, representing a marginal underspend of approximately 0.6%.Output 2008-09 <strong>2009</strong>-10 <strong>2009</strong>-10 <strong>2009</strong>-10Actual Budget Revised ActualBudgetOutput cost ($’000) 457 481 480 752 503 079 500 218Performance Measure 1 2008-09Actual<strong>2009</strong>-10Estimate<strong>2009</strong>-10Actual2010-11EstimateQuantitySeparations 2 106 488 110 200 110 800 112 500- Same-day separations (excluding haemodialysis) 17 413 18 200 18 995 18 600- Overnight separations (excluding haemodialysis) 45 569 46 100 46 797 46 800- Haemodialysis separations 43 506 45 900 45 008 47 100Weighted Separations 3 66 776 72 700 68 892 74 000Average length of stay 4 5. 5 5. 6 5. 4 5. 6Interstate patient travel 4 3 042 3 000 3 212 3 300Intrastate patient travel 4 21 035 22 700 23 458 23 100Elective surgery waiting list admissions 6 346 7 600 6 662 7 700Emergency admissions 5 31 212 32 300 33 290 33 200QualityBeds accredited by the ACHS 6 100% 100% 100% 100%TimelinessElective surgery waiting times:- Category 1: admission within 30 days 77% 88% 76% 88%- Category 2: admission within 90 days 60% 70% 53% 70%110Department <strong>Health</strong> and Families

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