Hospital Throughput 1998/99Date of publication: September 2000
Disclaimer
This report includes data supplied by purchasers of health services and by health provider organisations. Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation of the information contained in this report, the Ministry of Health can not confirm the accuracy nor comprehensiveness of the supplied data, or of tables, analyses, conclusions and other information in this report which is based on that supplied data. Consequently, all information in this report should be used as a guide only. The Ministry of Health recommends that before acting on any of this information you seek independent advice.
Published in September 2000 by
Ministry of Health
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Wellington
New Zealand
ISBN 0-478-23995-5 (Booklet)
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Introduction
Hospital Throughput 1998/99, the fourth report in this annual series, provides a summary of publicly funded medical and surgical secondary care, as recorded on the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) data. The bulk of these services are provided by public hospitals. Some publicly funded care is provided by private hospitals; this output is captured here.
Information is presented for the 1998/99 year, covering the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 inclusive, as well as for previous financial years. The data includes services purchased by both the HFA, and the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation (ACC), the latter being responsible for purchasing elective treatment for people as a result of an accident or injury
The following information is included in this report:
· National services. This includes medical, surgical and total throughput volumes, discharges by Major Diagnostic Category (MDCs), and information for the 20 highest volume Australian National Diagnosis Related Groups (AN-DRGs), version 3.1. MDCs are derived from the AN-DRGs.
· Geographic analysis. Volumes by proposed district health board (DHB) regions. DHB regions are defined exactly by amalgamating territorial local authority (TLA) boundaries except that Ruapehu is split between Waikato and Wanganui, Kapiti Coast authority is split between Wellington and Manawatu, and Queenstown-Lakes authority is split between Southland and Otago. DHB boundaries and names are shown on the next page, for further details refer to Appendix 1, Table A1.1
· Provider type. Volumes for each of the 23 HHSs and non-HHS providers are presented.
The report should be of interest to the following groups:
· all funders and providers of health care in New Zealand
· administrators of health care facilities
· health care professionals
· consultants and researchers, whether academic or commercial, working in the health area.
The report should be of particular relevance to providers of health care, providing an indication of their performance relative to a national benchmark.
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| Part 1 |  (204 Kb) |
| Disclaimer |  |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Notes On The Data | |
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| Part 2 |  (76 Kb) |
| AN-DRG and Health Specialty Information | |
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| Part 3 |  (118 Kb) |
| Total Throughput | |
| Medical Throughput | |
| Surgical Throughput | |
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| Part 4 |  (850 Kb) |
| Throughput by Major Diagnostic Category | |
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| Section 1 | Pre-MDC, MDC 01, 02, 03 | |
| Section 2 | MDC 04, 05, 06, 07 | |
| Section 3 | MDC 08, 09, 10, 11 | |
| Section 4 | MDC 12, 13, 14, 15 | |
| Section 5 | MDC 16, 17, 18, 20 | |
| Section 6 | MDC 21, 22, 23 | |
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| Part 5 |  (700 Kb) |
| Through Put by High Volume AN_DRGs | |
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| Section 1 | AN-DRG 052, 099, 122, 124 | |
| Section 2 | AN-DRG 128, 172, 177, 187 | |
| Section 3 | AN-DRG 252, 261, 347, 484 | |
| Section 4 | AN-DRG 491, 659, 670,674 | |
| Section 5 | AN-DRG 676, 678, 683, 727 | |
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| Part 6 |  (81 Kb) |
| Appendices | |
| Populations | |
| Filtering of Hospital Discharge Data | |
| Case-mix Adjustment | |
| Standardisation | |
| Average Length of Stay and Day Cases | |
| Glossary | |
| Bibliography | |
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