asked the Minister for Health the average length of stay of patients in (a) voluntary hospitals and (b) local authority hospitals in each of the past five years; and the average weekly cost of hospitalisation in voluntary and local authority hospitals in the same period.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Hospitalisation Costs.
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As the information requested is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
The statistics requested in so far as they are available are set out in the tables hereunder. Average weekly costs for local authority Hospitals relate to the financial year.
A—AVERAGE DURATION OF STAY
B—AVERAGE WEEKLY COST
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOSPITALS
|
Type of Hospital |
1967 |
1967-68 |
1966 |
1966-67 |
1965 |
1965-66 |
1964 |
1964-65 |
1963 |
1963-64 |
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|
(A) |
(B) |
(A) |
(B) |
(A) |
(B) |
(A) |
(B) |
(A) |
(B) |
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|
Regional Hospital |
16.9 days |
£26 |
10s. |
18.9 days |
£24 |
15s. |
not available |
£21 |
19s. |
21.5 days |
£20 |
11s. |
not available |
£17 |
17s. |
|
County Hospital |
11.0 days |
£23 |
13s. |
12.0 days |
£22 |
2s. |
not available |
£19 |
11s. |
12.0 days |
£18 |
6s. |
not available |
£15 |
18s. |
|
District Hospital |
20.5 days |
£13 |
7s. |
20.9 days |
£12 |
9s. |
not available |
£11 |
1s. |
18.7 days |
£10 |
7s. |
not available |
£8 |
19s. |
|
Orthopaedic Hospital |
41.7 days |
£15 |
18s. |
42.4 days |
£14 |
17s. |
not available |
£13 |
3s. |
38.4 days |
£12 |
6s. |
not available |
£10 |
14s. |
|
Hospital |
20.1 days |
£16 |
15s. |
19.4 days |
£15 |
13s. |
not available |
£13 |
18s. |
21.0 days |
£13 |
0s. |
not available |
£11 |
5s. |
|
Tuberculosis Hospitals |
121 days |
£14 |
1s. |
121 days |
£13 |
2s. |
not available |
£11 |
12s. |
122 days |
£10 |
18s. |
171 days |
£9 |
9s. |
|
Psychiatric Hospitals |
not available |
£9 |
15s. |
not available |
£9 |
1s. |
not available |
£8 |
10s. |
not available |
£8 |
2s. |
not available |
£6 |
9s. |
VOLUNTARY HOSPITALS
|
Type of Hospital |
1967 |
1966 |
1965 |
1964 |
1963 |
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|
(A) |
(B) |
(A) |
(B) |
(A) |
(B) |
(A) |
(B) |
(A) |
(B) |
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|
General Hospitals |
14.8days |
£32 |
12s. |
15.1days |
£29 |
14s. |
16.1days |
£25 |
4s. |
163days |
£22 |
17s. |
164days |
£19 |
13s. |
|
*Special Hospitals |
18.8days |
£25 |
6s. |
19.3days |
£24 |
9s. |
20.0days |
£21 |
4s. |
20.5days |
£19 |
3s. |
21.6days |
£16 |
9s. |
*Includes maternity children's cancer, eye and ear, orthopaedic, tuberculosis and convalescent hospitals.