❓ Ms McHale questions the Health Minister regarding public patient services at Joondalup Health Campus, including procedure numbers, clinic attendance, funding models, and cost increases to Health Care of Australia.
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I refer to the Joondalup Health Campus and ask - (a) how many medical and surgical procedures on public patients were conducted from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000; (b) how many public patients have attended the following clinics during the 1999/2000 financial year - (i) continence clinic; (ii) osteoporosis clinic; and (iii) the geriatric medical assessment clinic; (c) how many occasions of care did the Health Department of Western Australia purchase for each of the above three clinics for the 1999-2000 financial year; (d) what was the increase paid by the Health Department to Health Care of Australia for these additional services? Answered on 13 September 2000 The Minister
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13 September 2000
Response time
35 days
(a) From 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 there were 25 077 public admissions to the Joondalup Health Campus. Of these 19 705 were medical admissions and 5 372 were surgical admissions. This includes renal admissions. Although information is available in individual patient records on the medical and surgical procedures each patient received, there is no consolidated report, which can provide this detailed level of information. (b) (i) continence clinic 73 (ii) osteoporosis clinic 23 (iii) geriatric medical assessment clinic 611 For the continence and osteoporosis clinics these numbers represent 8 months of activity, as there was a problem in the first four months of these clinics with data collection. (c) As this was the first year of funding, the clinics were block funded based on estimated costs to operate the service. (d) $233 653.
(b) how many public patients have attended the following clinics during the 1999/2000 financial year - (i) continence clinic; (ii) osteoporosis clinic; and (iii) the geriatric medical assessment clinic; (c) how many occasions of care did the Health Department of Western Australia purchase for each of the above three clinics for the 1999-2000 financial year; (d) what was the increase paid by the Health Department to Health Care of Australia for these additional services?
(ii) osteoporosis clinic; and (iii) the geriatric medical assessment clinic;
(iii) the geriatric medical assessment clinic;
(d) what was the increase paid by the Health Department to Health Care of Australia for these additional services?
(b) how many public patients have attended the following clinics during the 1999/2000 financial year - (i) continence clinic; (ii) osteoporosis clinic; and (iii) the geriatric medical assessment clinic; (c) how many occasions of care did the Health Department of Western Australia purchase for each of the above three clinics for the 1999-2000 financial year; (d) what was the increase paid by the Health Department to Health Care of Australia for these additional services?
(ii) osteoporosis clinic; and (iii) the geriatric medical assessment clinic;
(iii) the geriatric medical assessment clinic;
(d) what was the increase paid by the Health Department to Health Care of Australia for these additional services?
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