23 January 2016
Emma Bright
Via: fyi‐request‐5179‐[email address]
Dear Ms Bright
Official Information Act Request
I write in response to your Official Information Act Request dated 3 January 2017. You requested
the following information:
The average cost per patient per night at Middlemore Hospital for the 2016, 2015, 2014 years.
Where data is not available for a given year, then the information should be provided for the
other available years.
The information requested is provided in the table below.
Year
Period
Average cost per patient per night
2014
January to June
$1,594.11
July to December
$1,508.24
2015
January to June
$1,508.24
July to December
$1,513.43
2016
January to June
$1,513.43
July to December
$1,500.17
Please note:
Each calendar year is separated into two six month periods; aligning with our financial year of
July to June.
The average costs provided are based on inpatients that have been discharged from Middlemore
Hospital only.
The data excludes same‐day inpatients (i.e., those who did not stay overnight).
I trust this satisfactorily answers your request.
Yours sincerely
Geraint A Martin
Chief Executive
Counties Manukau District Health Board
19 Lambie Drive, Manukau, Auckland 2104 | Private Bag 94052, Manukau, Auckland 2241
T: 09 276 0000 | cmdhb.org.nz