asked the Minister for Health the average length of stay in acute hospitals in each of the last five years.
Written Answers. - Acute Hospital Statistics.
136.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out below. Data for 1987 is currently being compiled and figures given for 1982 and 1983 include district hospitals, while those for the remaining years exclude them. All figures exclude private hospitals.
|
1982 |
9.0 |
|
1983 |
8.6 |
|
1984 |
8.6 |
|
1985 |
7.5 |
|
1986 |
7.4 |
137.
asked the Minister for Health the estimated level of total acute hospital admissions in each of the last five years expressed in (a) absolute numbers and (b) as a percentage of total population.
Information relating to hospital workload is measured in terms of patients discharged rather than patients admitted and this information is set out below. Data for 1987 is currently being compiled. The total number of patients discharged as a percentage of the total population refers to the numbers of discharges in the relevant years, rather than the actual number of patients discharged in those years.
Patients Discharged
|
Health Board/ Voluntary Hospitals |
Private Hospitals |
Total |
Total as a Percentage of Total Population (1986 Census) |
|
|
1982 |
570,843 |
420,89 |
612,932 |
17.3 |
|
1983 |
565,658 |
42,612 |
608,270 |
17.2 |
|
1984 |
560,969 |
44,099 |
605,068 |
17.1 |
|
1985 |
570,628 |
Not Available |
— |
— |
|
1986 |
566,105 |
Not Available |
— |
— |
Discharges from health board and voluntary hospitals in 1985 and 1986 represented 16.1 per cent and 16 per cent, respectively as a percentage of total population.