Section 3 Hospital Services
Cost of Hospital Services
Figure 3.1 Gross cost of hospital services,
Figure 3.2 Relationship
between NHS expenditure on Family Health Services (FHS) and on hospital
services,
Figure 3.3 Hospital
expenditure as a percentage of total health spending in selected OECD countries,
circa 2002
Figure 3.4 Comparison
of 'volume' and 'real' growth in NHS hospital gross expenditure,
Table 3.1 Gross cost of hospital services and Family Health Services
(FHS),
Table 3.2 NHS
hospital gross expenditure (revenue and capital) per capita and household,
2001/02
Hospital Workforce
Table 3.3 Number
of staff employed in NHS hospitals by category,
Figure 3.5 Index
of NHS hospital workforce per 100,000 population,
Table 3.4 Medical
and dental staff employed in NHS hospitals,
Table 3.5 NHS
available hospital beds and FCEs per medical and dental staff,
Table 3.6 NHS
hospitals’ nursing and midwifery staff,
Figure 3.6 Trends
in NHS medical and nursing staff numbers, FCEs and available beds,
Table 3.7 NHS
available hospital beds and FCEs per nursing and midwifery staff, 1951 –
2002/03
Table 3.8 Number
of hospital medical and dental staff (whole-time equivalents),
Table 3.9 Number
of whole-time equivalent hospital medical staff by specialty,
Table 3.10 Number
of whole-time equivalent hospital consultants by specialty,
Table 3.11 Number
of, and per 10,000 population, whole-time equivalent
hospital consultants by specialty
and country,
Hospital Activities
Table 3.12 Average
daily number of available NHS hospital beds,
Figure 3.7 Hospital
inpatient acute beds per 1,000 population in selected
OECD countries, circa 2002
Table 3.13 Average
daily available acute beds in NHS hospitals,
Table 3.14 Average
daily available NHS beds: number, per 100,000 population and occupancy;
1997/98 - 2002/03
Table 3.15 Average
daily occupied beds in NHS hospitals,
Table 3.16 Number
of NHS hospital finished consultant episodes (FCEs)/discharges and deaths,
1951 – 2002/03
Table 3.17 Inpatient
finished consultant episodes (FCEs) in NHS hospitals,
Figure 3.8 Relationship
between acute bed provision and hospital discharge rate in selected OECD
countries, circa 2002
Table 3.18 Average
inpatient length of stay in NHS hospitals, all specialties,
Figure 3.9 Mean
inpatient length of stay in NHS acute hospitals,
Table 3.19 Hospital
finished consultant episodes (FCEs) by main cause,
Table 3.20 Hospital
finished consultant episodes per 1,000 population by main cause,
2002/03
Table 3.20(a) Estimated
number of hospital finished consultant episodes,
Table 3.21 Hospital
ordinary admissions (excluding day cases) by main cause,
Table 3.22 Mean
length of stay of hospital ordinary admissions and index (1990/91=100), by main
cause,
Table 3.23 Number
and percentage distribution of hospital bed days for ordinary admissions by
main cause,
Table 3.24 Finished
consultant episodes (FCEs) by top major diagnostic group,
2002/03
Table 3.25 Inpatient
bed days and lengths of stay by top major diagnostic group,
2002/03
Table 3.26 Number
and rate of surgical operations by main site,
Table 3.27 Number
and rate of NHS hospital surgical operations by site and age,
Table 3.28 Number
and rate of the most frequent surgical operations,
Table 3.29 Patients
waiting for elective admission, by specialty,
Figure 3.10 Patients
waiting for elective admission,
Table 3.30 Number
of admissions, percentage admitted from waiting list and mean waiting time
(days) by
Healthcare Resource Group (HRG),
Table 3.31 Waiting
time for first outpatient appointment by top 30 specialties,
Table 3.32 Average
cost and length of inpatient stay and average cost per outpatient attendance in
NHS
hospitals by specialty,
Table 3.33 Number
of hospital day cases by specialty,
Table 3.34 Reference
costs per FCE and average length of stay of top 40 Healthcare Resource Groups
(HRGs) ranked by total cost, NHS Trusts, elective
inpatients, England 2002/03
Table 3.35 Reference
costs per FCE and average length of stay of top 40 Healthcare Resource Groups
(HRGs) ranked by total cost, NHS Trusts, non-elective
inpatients, England, 2002/03
Table 3.36 Reference
costs per case of top 40 Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs)
ranked by total cost,
NHS Trusts, day cases, England, 2002/03
Table 3.37 Reference costs per FCE
of top 40 Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) ranked by
total cost,
Non-NHS providers, elective inpatients, England 2002/03
Table 3.38 Reference costs per case
of top 40 Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) ranked by
total cost,
Non-NHS providers, day cases,
Table 3.39 Hospital
outpatient clinics: total attendances,
Table 3.40 Hospital
outpatient clinics: new cases,
Table 3.41 Percentage
of population attending NHS hospital outpatient departments, by age group,
Britain
Table 3.41(a) Estimated
number of people attending NHS hospital outpatient departments, by age group,
1982 - 2002