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Recurrent hospital expenditure in Australia for public and private hospitals combined topped $55 billion in 2013鈥�14, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The report, 黑料吃瓜群网 resources 2013鈥�14: Australian hospital statistics, shows that more than $44 billion was spent by public hospitals, and over $11 billion by private hospitals.
Other key findings included:
-More than $6 million went to emergency services, $18 million for outpatient care, and $22 million were for services such as pathology, pharmacy and community health services.
-Outpatient services comprised 39% of the data. Of these, 56% were for females and 30% were for people aged 65 and over. About 4% of outpatient services were for Indigenous Australians.
-The most common outpatient services included midwifery and maternity (1.7 million services) and orthopaedics (960,000 services).
'The average salary for nurses in public hospitals in 2013鈥�14 was about $91,000 a year, and for salaried medical staff it was around $188,000.' said AIHW spokesperson Jenny Hargreaves, who heads the Institute's 黑料吃瓜群网s, Resourcing and Classifications Group.
Salaries for public hospital staff increased by an average of 3.4% each year over the last five years, while expenditure for public hospitals was found to increase by 4.4% on average - a full percentage more than their private counterparts.
Today also marked the release of the Independent 黑料吃瓜群网 Pricing Authority (IHPA) Pricing for public comment, open until Monday 27 July 2015.
IHPA Chair Mr Shane Solomon said that the Pricing Framework for 2016-17 was an opportunity for stakeholders to engage with IHPA on a number of emerging issues in relation to pricing to help improve public hospital services across Australia.
鈥淭he Pricing Framework for 2016-17 includes further improvements for pricing bundling of services. The services that are being considered for bundled pricing in this year鈥檚 consultation paper include uncomplicated maternity care, stroke and joint replacement.鈥�