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1. “Due to remoteness, the dispersed population and absence of alternative health care providers,number of the measures in the table are therefore not directly comparable with other jurisdictions.”2. Separation refers to the completion of an episode of admitted patient care where the period ofhospitalisation ranges from admission to discharge, transfer or death. It may also refer to a portion ofa hospital stay, resulting in the change of type of care for example, from acute to rehabilitation care.3. A weighted separation is a measure of the complexity of a hospital separation. In 2008-09 weightedrecords outstanding for <strong>2009</strong>-10 are included in the Weighted Separations as follows: RDH (10868) ASH (198) KDH (104) TCH (842) GDH (2).4. Estimates include escorts (approved family members or friends) accompanying patients. Previousseparately reported categories have been merged.5. Emergency admission has replaced emergency procedures, providing a common base forcomparison to Elective Surgery Waiting List admissions.6. Australian Council on <strong>Health</strong> Standards.Acute Weighted SeparationsHospital patients vary in their clinical complexity, the severity of their illness and the amountof hospital resources consumed in the provision of their treatment. Simply counting theof those patients, because a complex case can consume substantially more resources.Weighted separations of admitted acute patients accounts for this and measures the acuityadjusted level of activity done in public hospitals. separations employ the most recently published national cost weights from the 2008-09National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC). Similarly, results for previous years havebeen back-cast using national cost weights from the applicable NHCDC year. Results maybe subject to future variation, due to a lag in assigning clinical codes to patients dischargedIn the past, hospital weighted separations were calculated using Territory cost weightsand emphasised hospital activity relative to total <strong>Northern</strong> Territory activity. The change and provides for a better alignment to the recent national agenda on hospital and healthworkforce reform.Figure 4 –Inpatient Separations and Weighted Separations, 2006-07 to <strong>2009</strong>-10'000120120.0100100.08080.06060.04040.02020.0006/07 07/08 08/09 09/10Financial YearAcute Separations Non-Acute Separations Weighted Separations0.0Department <strong>Health</strong> and Families 111

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