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Introduction |
Hospital Care |
Ancillary Benefit Trends |
Understanding Statistics |
Key Points |
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Each year, HCF gathers statistics to monitor trends in the provision of funding
private health care services. The information – provided for hospital and ancillary
care – includes trends in the types of health care provided, average costs and
number of patients. Manchester Unity data is not included in this year’s report.
Total benefits paid ($m)
Total hospital care benefits paid ($m)
Total ancillary health care benefits paid
Highlights of funding private health care services:
- The total number of
admissions to hospital for the
year increased by 21,257 to
273,694 admissions
- 11,000 more members were
admitted to hospital this
year, totalling over 154,000
members
- total number of members
admitted to same day hospital
increased 10%, to 97,626
- 63% of all hospital admissions
were for same day procedures
and represented 20% of all
charges
- 82% of members’ total
hospital admissions were in
a private hospital, with 18%
in a public hospital
- 98% of all hospital admissions
were provided in an HCF
(HPPA) network hospital
- the average private hospital
charge per admission was
$2,385, a 4.4% increase
on last year
- The average benefit paid
on behalf of the 200 highest
cost claimants was $105,162.
This is equivalent to 60 years
single membership on our
Top Plus hospital cover.
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