Hospital Services.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 January 2005

Wednesday, 26 January 2005

Ceisteanna (231)

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

291 Mr. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if details of the cost of inpatient and day procedures and for bed days in different hospitals, based on case-mix, are available for 2004; if not, when she expects them to be available; and if she will put them on the record of Dáil Éireann. [1633/05]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children (Ms Harney)

Data on the 37 acute hospitals which participate in the national case mix programme are detailed in the following table. These data are based on audited costs and activity for 2003, the latest full year for which data are available. Data for 2004 will be audited during the year for release in January 2006.

The case mix adjusted base price for inpatients and day cases is the average cost of a case when all national data have been aggregated and takes into account each hospital's unique mix of cases and differing complexities, that is, the base price is the cost of treating the same type of case in each hospital. Bed day costs do not take account of complexity and are simply an expression of total costs divided by total bed days. Bed day costs relate to inpatients only.

Data for 2003

Hospital	Case Mix Adjusted Hospital Inpatient Base	Day Case Base Price	Cost per Bed Day* Price
	€	€	€
Beaumont	3,930	542	641
Cork University	3,774	534	747
James Connolly	4,825	535	640
Mater	3,721	652	658
St. James’s	4,147	461	692
St. Vincent’s	3,874	584	633
Tallaght AMNCH	3,992	516	671
UCHG	3,856	427	662
Cavan	3,454	655	488
Croom	3,627	665	806
Letterkenny	3,107	417	470
Limerick	3,603	477	573
Longford/Westmeath	2,963	464	447
Lourdes Drogheda	3,479	463	575
Louth General	2,797	697	381
Mallow	3,223	394	477
Mayo General	3,632	587	534
Mercy	3,371	576	565
Merlin Park	3,118	648	481
Monaghan	4,053	536	507
Navan	3,428	781	556
Portiuncula	3,362	525	500
Portlaoise	3,567	501	550
South Infirmary	3,108	524	469
Sligo	3,276	773	476
St. Columcille’s	4,349	556	492
St. Luke’s Kilkenny	3,340	385	541
St. Mary’s Orthopaedic	3,906	561	582
Tralee	3,559	503	523
Tullamore	3,501	684	502
Waterford	3,349	474	535
Wexford General	3,076	514	500
Coombe	3,556	Note 2**	563
National Maternity	3,657	Note 2	677
Rotunda	3,714	Note 2	697
OLHSC, Crumlin	5,109	Note 2	1,155
Temple Street	5,281	Note 2	1,128
National Totals	3,644	540	589

*Note 1: *Cost per bed day calculation excludes day cases, outpatient services, accident and emergency cost and activity. It also excludes capital and depreciation.

**Note 2: Day case costs not currently collected.