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LCQ15: Statistics on services of Hospital Authority

Following is a question by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan and a written reply by the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Dr York Chow, in the Legislative Council today (November 23):

Question :

Will the Government inform this Council whether it knows the following in the past three years:

(a) the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of the waiting time, the longest waiting time as well as the average unit cost for first consultation appointments at specialist out-patient clinics under the Hospital Authority (HA) as a whole and in each hospital cluster, broken down by various specialties; and

(b) the respective occupancy rates and lengths of stay of the patients concerned for general beds and for beds of various specialties under HA as a whole and in each hospital cluster, broken down by various specialties?

Reply :

Madam President,

(a) The lower quartile, median, upper quartile and the longest waiting time (in weeks) for first appointment at Specialist Outpatient Clinics of the Hospital Authority (HA), with a breakdown by specialty in each hospital cluster, and the overall average cost per attendance in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 are given in the tables as shown in Annex I.

(b) The bed occupancy rate at HA hospitals with a breakdown by specialty in each hospital cluster in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 are given in the table as shown in Annex II.

The average length of stay (in days) for discharged inpatients with a breakdown by specialty in each hospital cluster in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 are shown in Annex III.


Ends/Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Issued at HKT 15:38

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Annex I, II & III to LCQ15