❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks detailed cost and patient data related to mental health services in emergency departments and secure beds across various hospitals. The response provides some cost data but indicates limitations in data collection for specific aspects.
AnsweredQoN 3397Legislative Council
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(1) What is the average cost per day for a mental health patient in the Emergency Department or emergency Department Observation Ward at, -
(a) Royal Perth Hospital;
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(c) Swan Health Service;
(d) Armadale Hospital;
(e) Fremantle Hospital;
(f) Joondalup Health Campus; and
(g) Rockingham Hospital?
(2) What is the average cost per day of a gazetted ‘secure’ mental health bed at, -
(a) Graylands Hospital;
(b) Bentley Hospital;
(c) Armadale Health Service;
(d) Joondalup Hospital;
(e) Swan Health Service; and
(f) Fremantle Hospital?
(3) Over the past three years, how many people with a mental health diagnosis have been patients in the emergency Department or the Observation Ward in the Emergency Department at each of, -
(a) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(b) Swan Health Service;
(c) Armadale Hospital;
(d) Fremantle Hospital;
(e) Joondalup Health Campus; and
(f) Rockingham Hospital, -
for the following lengths of time, -
(i) one to two days;
(ii) two to three days;
(iii) three to four days;
(iv) four to five days;
(v) five to six days;
(vi) six to seven days;
(vii) seven to eight days;
(viii) eight to nine days;
(ix) nine to ten days; and
(x) more than ten days?
(4) Over the past three years, how many people with a mental health diagnosis have been patients in a non-metropolitan hospital, for the following lengths of time while awaiting transfer to a mental health bed in Perth , -
(a) one to two days;
(b) two to three days;
(c) three to four days;
(d) four to five days;
(e) five to six days;
(f) six to seven days;
(g) seven to eight days;
(h) eight to nine days;
(i) nine to ten days; and
(j) more than ten days?
(a) Royal Perth Hospital;
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(c) Swan Health Service;
(d) Armadale Hospital;
(e) Fremantle Hospital;
(f) Joondalup Health Campus; and
(g) Rockingham Hospital?
(2) What is the average cost per day of a gazetted ‘secure’ mental health bed at, -
(a) Graylands Hospital;
(b) Bentley Hospital;
(c) Armadale Health Service;
(d) Joondalup Hospital;
(e) Swan Health Service; and
(f) Fremantle Hospital?
(3) Over the past three years, how many people with a mental health diagnosis have been patients in the emergency Department or the Observation Ward in the Emergency Department at each of, -
(a) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(b) Swan Health Service;
(c) Armadale Hospital;
(d) Fremantle Hospital;
(e) Joondalup Health Campus; and
(f) Rockingham Hospital, -
for the following lengths of time, -
(i) one to two days;
(ii) two to three days;
(iii) three to four days;
(iv) four to five days;
(v) five to six days;
(vi) six to seven days;
(vii) seven to eight days;
(viii) eight to nine days;
(ix) nine to ten days; and
(x) more than ten days?
(4) Over the past three years, how many people with a mental health diagnosis have been patients in a non-metropolitan hospital, for the following lengths of time while awaiting transfer to a mental health bed in Perth , -
(a) one to two days;
(b) two to three days;
(c) three to four days;
(d) four to five days;
(e) five to six days;
(f) six to seven days;
(g) seven to eight days;
(h) eight to nine days;
(i) nine to ten days; and
(j) more than ten days?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
23 March 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
35 days
1)
Western Australia like all other jurisdictions in Australia does not cost patients in Emergency Departments on the basis of their diagnosis. Emergency Department patients costs are estimated and funded based on Urgency and Disposition or by reference to their birth decade or age, whether they arrived by emergency service vehicle and whether they were referred to Emergency Department by a health clinician.
The estimated
Unweighted
attendance cost of an average patient in 2010/11 $'s in the following Emergency Departments' are:
a) Royal Perth Hospital - $549
b) Sir Charles Gairdner - $486
c) Swan Health Service - $632
d) Armadale Hospital - $571
e) Fremantle Hospital - $540
f) Joondalup Health Campus - Subject to commercial confidentiality, benchmarked against comparable Western Australian public hospitals.
g) Rockingham Hospital - $626
Source
: 2008/09 NHCDC costs indexed to 2010/11 $'s based on the WA Service Level Agreements as of March 2011. NHCDC data excludes Depreciation, Emergency Department and HCN costs.
2) What is the average cost per day of a gazetted 'secure' mental health bed at:
a) Graylands Hospital - $730
b) Bentley Hospital - $508
c) Armadale Health Service - $741
d) Joondalup Hospital - Subject to commercial confidentiality, benchmarked against comparable Western Australian public hospitals.
e) Swan Health Service - $1,155
f) Fremantle Hospital - $869
Sources:
2008/09 NHCDC costs indexed to 2010/11 $'s based on the WA Service Level Agreements as of March 2011. NHCDC data excludes Depreciation, Emergency Department and HCN costs.
Mental Health Information System, Performance Activity & Quality Division, Data Integrity Directorate, DOH, WA.
(3) (a - f), (i - x) See attached table.
(4) The Department of Health does not collect this information.
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Western Australia like all other jurisdictions in Australia does not cost patients in Emergency Departments on the basis of their diagnosis. Emergency Department patients costs are estimated and funded based on Urgency and Disposition or by reference to their birth decade or age, whether they arrived by emergency service vehicle and whether they were referred to Emergency Department by a health clinician.
The estimated
Unweighted
attendance cost of an average patient in 2010/11 $'s in the following Emergency Departments' are:
a) Royal Perth Hospital - $549
b) Sir Charles Gairdner - $486
c) Swan Health Service - $632
d) Armadale Hospital - $571
e) Fremantle Hospital - $540
f) Joondalup Health Campus - Subject to commercial confidentiality, benchmarked against comparable Western Australian public hospitals.
g) Rockingham Hospital - $626
Source
: 2008/09 NHCDC costs indexed to 2010/11 $'s based on the WA Service Level Agreements as of March 2011. NHCDC data excludes Depreciation, Emergency Department and HCN costs.
2) What is the average cost per day of a gazetted 'secure' mental health bed at:
a) Graylands Hospital - $730
b) Bentley Hospital - $508
c) Armadale Health Service - $741
d) Joondalup Hospital - Subject to commercial confidentiality, benchmarked against comparable Western Australian public hospitals.
e) Swan Health Service - $1,155
f) Fremantle Hospital - $869
Sources:
2008/09 NHCDC costs indexed to 2010/11 $'s based on the WA Service Level Agreements as of March 2011. NHCDC data excludes Depreciation, Emergency Department and HCN costs.
Mental Health Information System, Performance Activity & Quality Division, Data Integrity Directorate, DOH, WA.
(3) (a - f), (i - x) See attached table.
(4) The Department of Health does not collect this information.
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