Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 October 2004
195 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of inpatient procedures and of day care procedures in 2003 and to date in 2004; and the estimated standard cost of an inpatient procedure and all outpatient procedure in 2003 and to date in 2004. [23894/04]
View answerFigures as regards numbers of in-patient and day-case discharges generally are as follows:
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January to December 2003 |
January to July 2004 |
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Inpatients |
567,516 |
335,335 |
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Day-cases |
444,217 |
274,899 |
The 2002 estimated casemix standard cost, the latest year for the costs on the national case-mix programme, of inpatient, day-case and outpatient discharges are as follows: average inpatient cost —€3,467; average day-case cost —€547; and average outpatient cost —€141. The level of day-case activity generally has increased from 318,363 in 2000 to 444,217 in 2003 which represents about a 40% increase.
