26 September 2023
Richard
[FYI request #22106 email]
Tēnā koe Richard
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00028058
Thank you for your email on 14 August 2023, asking for the following under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act):
“1. Could i please have the total numbers of covid 19 publicly funded hospital discharges by
year and month of admission, 2018-2024”
Please see
appendix 1 attached showing a monthly total of the number of people discharged from
hospital, for the period 01/01/2020 to 31/07/2023, who were admitted via one of the following two
scenarios:
1. They were admitted to hospital with COVID-19, but COVID-19 was not part of why they
were hospitalised or
2. COVID-19 was part of the reason for their hospitalisation.
Please note the first COVID-19 related hospitalization occurred in January 2020.
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Daniel Hirst
Group Manager - Intelligence
National Public Health Service
Appendix One
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz