Hospital Charges.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 June 2005

Tuesday, 28 June 2005

Ceisteanna (194)

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

187 Mr. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of an inpatient, an outpatient and a day-care procedure in 2004. [22069/05]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children (Ms Harney)

The casemix adjusted base price for inpatients and day cases is the average cost of a case when all national data has been aggregated. The national base price is the national cost of treating a "standard" case with a complexity of 1.

Data in relation to the national average base price for inpatients and day cases for 2003, the latest year for which information is available, is detailed in the following table. Data for 2004 is presently being audited and will be available as part of the 2006 financial allocation.

Year of Financial Allocation	Year of Activity & Costs	National Inpatient Base Price	National Daycase Base Price
2005	2003	€3,644	€540

The 2003 national average cost per outpatient attendance (consultant led) is €138. With regard to the national costs detailed, capital costs and depreciation are not included.