Privately funded hospital discharges – 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

Summary

These tables contain summarised data showing privately funded hospital discharges and procedures by DHB, sex, age group and disease/procedure classification. The same data is available in different formats:

• Excel tables: Formatted tables so you can view national data easily and read the key findings.
• Data tables: Zip file package containing text files of the underlying data used in the excel tables and a data dictionary. DHB breakdowns are available in this format.

Key findings

Privately funded hospital discharges in 2017/18

• More than 100,000 privately funded hospital discharges were reported in 2017/18; an age-standardised rate of 17 hospitalisations per 1000 people.
• More than half of hospital discharges were for females (54%).
• The age-standardised rate for females was 20% higher than the rate for males (19 discharges per 1000 females compared with 16 per 1000 males).
• One third of all male discharges (36%) and one quarter of all female discharges (28%) were for those aged 65 years and over.
• Age-specific rates among females of child-bearing age (15–44 years) were 1.7–2.0 times that of their male counterparts.

Privately funded hospital procedures in 2017/18

• More than 210,000 privately funded hospital procedures were reported in 2017/18; an age-standardised rate of 37 procedures per 1000 people.
• More than half of hospital procedures were for females (56%).
• The age-standardised rate for females was 29% higher than the rate for males (41 procedures per 1000 females compared with 32 per 1000 males).
• One third of all procedures performed on males (33%) and one quarter of all procedures performed on females (24%) were for those aged 65 years and over.
• Age-specific rates of procedures performed on females of child-bearing age (15–44 years) were 1.8–2.1 times that performed on their male counterparts.