In 2009 HCF provided funding for over 154,000 HCF members who required 273,694 hospital admissions and 2,084,359 medical services, an increase of more than 12,000 patients, 21,000 admissions and 162,460 medical services over last year.

We also paid benefits for 2,711,782 ancillary claims, which include dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropractic, pharmacy services and ambulance services. The total cost of hospital and extras benefits was $1,042 million.

Eighty two percent of hospital admissions were provided by over 400 private hospitals covered by HCF Charge Agreements and the remaining 18% were provided by 523 public hospitals. Medical and ancillary services were provided by over 17,700 doctors, 16,000 dentists and 48,700 other service providers.

An overview of these services follows with a comprehensive review of trends, usage and the costs of private health care services required by HCF members in the Trends and Statistics Section.

Manchester Unity Health Insurance
In 2008/09 Manchester Unity funded 46,769 hospital admissions, 328,015 medical services and 1,001,296 ancillary services. The full year cost of benefits paid for these services was $165.1 million.