Richard Bruton
Ceist:248 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of elective procedures carried out in publicly owned hospitals for public patients and private patients. [19544/01]
Written Answers. - Elective Procedures.
The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table:
Elective Procedures in Publicly Funded Acute Hospitals for Public and Private Patients, 1999
|
Patient Status |
Number of Procedures |
As a % of Total |
|
Public |
390,842 |
73.37 |
|
Private |
141,876 |
26.63 |
|
Total |
532,718 |
100.00 |
Source: Hospital In-Patient Inquiry.