12 February 2018
Antony Andrews
[FYI request #7135 email] Dear Antony
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your request for information dated 17 January 2018, made under
section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982.
I enclose all the information which is covered by your request.
1. Bed occupancy rates at the public hospital/hospitals from July 2007 to
June 2016. Please note that I would like monthly data on this. However,
if monthly data is not available, please specify the reason. If monthly
data is unavailable, the next preference will be quarterly data, if
quarterly is not available then I will accept half-yearly. Furthermore, as
last resort yearly data. I am also willing to accept data on bed
occupancy rates at random intervals within a year.
Taumarunui
Thames
Waikato
Te Kuiti
Tokoroa
Month
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
01/07/2007
63.2%
81.3%
93.0%
70.5%
86.1%
01/08/2007
50.3%
79.4%
96.1%
73.9%
97.2%
01/09/2007
40.5%
74.0%
92.8%
58.1%
95.7%
01/10/2007
38.5%
60.9%
94.5%
49.7%
97.6%
01/11/2007
42.1%
70.2%
93.3%
60.4%
86.8%
01/12/2007
38.1%
70.3%
91.9%
46.5%
77.3%
01/01/2008
36.4%
72.8%
87.5%
31.8%
71.6%
01/02/2008
37.2%
67.0%
92.0%
52.4%
63.8%
01/03/2008
34.0%
72.3%
88.9%
41.2%
63.6%
01/04/2008
44.9%
73.4%
89.8%
55.3%
62.5%
01/05/2008
37.9%
69.8%
89.5%
47.5%
70.4%
01/06/2008
66.1%
80.2%
92.9%
47.4%
69.1%
01/07/2008
55.1%
84.0%
96.7%
51.2%
85.3%
01/08/2008
52.1%
83.3%
100.1%
46.2%
76.6%
01/09/2008
57.3%
79.9%
98.7%
54.8%
77.4%
01/10/2008
53.7%
69.3%
98.0%
41.8%
65.1%
01/11/2008
50.5%
80.9%
97.1%
41.2%
59.8%
01/12/2008
43.0%
65.7%
96.0%
44.9%
40.6%
01/01/2009
44.9%
70.0%
88.9%
46.9%
64.7%
01/02/2009
51.0%
74.0%
88.9%
44.2%
44.4%
01/03/2009
50.6%
74.6%
94.2%
40.1%
71.4%
01/04/2009
60.4%
83.8%
96.3%
48.8%
76.8%
01/05/2009
59.9%
91.4%
100.9%
54.5%
77.8%
01/06/2009
50.6%
88.3%
100.3%
55.7%
83.4%
01/07/2009
56.7%
88.1%
95.5%
44.0%
86.6%
01/08/2009
54.0%
88.2%
98.0%
49.2%
82.6%
01/09/2009
44.7%
86.3%
98.4%
49.8%
88.9%
01/10/2009
46.2%
83.3%
98.2%
43.1%
88.7%
01/11/2009
47.1%
83.5%
98.1%
51.4%
96.0%
01/12/2009
48.7%
76.8%
93.5%
55.8%
86.5%
01/01/2010
48.4%
82.5%
88.9%
40.8%
82.5%
01/02/2010
43.1%
78.3%
96.5%
47.6%
91.1%
01/03/2010
47.9%
85.7%
96.9%
37.0%
70.0%
01/04/2010
52.3%
74.8%
91.6%
46.2%
66.2%
01/05/2010
53.9%
90.4%
95.8%
78.8%
69.1%
01/06/2010
47.2%
92.6%
92.3%
86.3%
78.1%
01/07/2010
52.6%
88.9%
90.2%
86.3%
76.0%
01/08/2010
59.4%
91.9%
92.5%
53.3%
72.4%
01/09/2010
47.0%
87.4%
90.1%
70.0%
74.4%
01/10/2010
63.9%
94.8%
89.7%
76.8%
61.8%
01/11/2010
49.1%
92.1%
88.5%
65.4%
70.5%
01/12/2010
46.4%
73.1%
85.8%
38.9%
45.6%
01/01/2011
51.1%
86.2%
83.5%
55.1%
48.8%
01/02/2011
68.1%
84.9%
84.7%
63.3%
60.2%
01/03/2011
44.5%
90.3%
86.7%
66.8%
61.9%
01/04/2011
34.9%
93.4%
87.6%
69.2%
68.5%
01/05/2011
59.7%
85.2%
87.0%
77.5%
68.8%
01/06/2011
63.5%
90.9%
91.0%
81.8%
62.8%
01/07/2011
61.7%
92.6%
89.4%
87.6%
48.7%
01/08/2011
62.8%
93.8%
89.5%
80.6%
61.6%
01/09/2011
59.0%
90.5%
89.4%
86.3%
76.8%
01/10/2011
48.1%
78.5%
87.5%
74.2%
75.4%
01/11/2011
50.9%
93.9%
90.2%
64.4%
65.6%
01/12/2011
47.5%
85.6%
90.4%
56.8%
80.8%
01/01/2012
46.3%
77.7%
88.8%
65.3%
64.8%
01/02/2012
52.0%
83.2%
91.3%
71.3%
70.2%
01/03/2012
35.9%
83.4%
88.4%
66.5%
67.7%
01/04/2012
29.6%
73.5%
86.8%
68.6%
59.4%
01/05/2012
53.9%
89.4%
91.6%
73.6%
59.4%
01/06/2012
46.3%
83.8%
89.9%
81.7%
52.7%
01/07/2012
52.0%
88.2%
90.9%
64.2%
76.6%
01/08/2012
77.8%
86.1%
92.4%
72.5%
60.3%
01/09/2012
61.7%
86.4%
91.3%
69.9%
54.1%
01/10/2012
72.0%
83.9%
89.1%
84.8%
64.5%
01/11/2012
81.9%
87.9%
91.4%
57.4%
78.3%
01/12/2012
39.8%
71.9%
86.6%
41.2%
74.8%
01/01/2013
27.6%
60.7%
89.5%
45.5%
55.4%
01/02/2013
61.8%
79.1%
90.7%
60.2%
55.0%
01/03/2013
72.1%
76.7%
88.7%
58.3%
50.3%
01/04/2013
49.3%
74.2%
90.3%
58.1%
64.4%
01/05/2013
32.2%
73.6%
90.1%
74.2%
76.6%
01/06/2013
48.0%
81.1%
92.5%
73.3%
70.4%
01/07/2013
74.4%
81.9%
93.7%
56.2%
71.7%
01/08/2013
64.8%
87.2%
93.4%
65.9%
81.8%
01/09/2013
56.9%
78.5%
93.6%
77.8%
73.8%
01/10/2013
66.4%
66.1%
92.5%
74.2%
70.4%
01/11/2013
79.6%
63.3%
89.3%
81.2%
68.2%
01/12/2013
44.4%
63.7%
90.4%
56.4%
59.1%
01/01/2014
52.6%
59.0%
88.7%
70.0%
55.4%
01/02/2014
63.3%
68.8%
91.9%
56.0%
65.0%
01/03/2014
59.4%
64.4%
93.6%
81.6%
75.3%
01/04/2014
68.0%
69.9%
92.2%
66.4%
58.8%
01/05/2014
69.4%
67.6%
93.2%
69.3%
79.3%
01/06/2014
84.4%
72.1%
92.9%
71.2%
84.9%
01/07/2014
65.3%
74.6%
94.7%
73.0%
82.5%
01/08/2014
64.9%
75.9%
93.0%
62.9%
59.3%
01/09/2014
68.8%
82.1%
93.5%
66.4%
76.5%
01/10/2014
79.7%
74.2%
92.8%
48.9%
78.2%
01/11/2014
78.3%
69.3%
93.1%
49.8%
47.1%
01/12/2014
50.3%
65.3%
90.9%
43.0%
62.4%
01/01/2015
68.6%
63.2%
91.0%
53.6%
65.4%
01/02/2015
54.5%
65.2%
92.6%
53.2%
56.7%
01/03/2015
69.6%
68.0%
91.6%
39.2%
74.0%
01/04/2015
62.9%
76.8%
89.2%
58.1%
72.6%
01/05/2015
58.8%
71.4%
90.3%
34.9%
72.1%
01/06/2015
78.9%
78.8%
92.3%
53.4%
81.8%
01/07/2015
68.8%
86.4%
93.6%
72.1%
84.0%
01/08/2015
79.5%
79.7%
92.6%
76.8%
65.5%
01/09/2015
59.1%
67.9%
88.6%
65.6%
84.0%
01/10/2015
56.7%
63.4%
87.6%
56.3%
64.9%
01/11/2015
63.3%
69.8%
92.8%
38.6%
50.2%
01/12/2015
64.7%
64.2%
91.4%
49.2%
64.8%
01/01/2016
52.2%
64.7%
90.0%
57.0%
63.0%
01/02/2016
44.0%
58.2%
92.0%
63.2%
70.2%
01/03/2016
37.2%
62.8%
93.6%
73.4%
52.4%
01/04/2016
41.0%
59.0%
90.0%
66.9%
67.1%
01/05/2016
62.4%
66.1%
95.2%
54.0%
79.5%
01/06/2016
62.5%
68.0%
94.3%
55.5%
73.0%
2. While not crucial, please also include the method used to calculate bed-
occupancy rates by your DHB.
Occupancy rate = monthly average daily occupancy / monthly average daily
beds open. Occupancy is an average occupancy per day, averaged for the
month, for inpatient events only; i.e. excludes day cases. Occupancy includes
day stay and transit lounge as part of the inpatients journey; as this could not
be excluded given the method used. Occupancy excludes NICU, cots, ED
and discharges from delivery units.
We trust this answers your questions.
Yours sincerely
Marc ter Beek
Executive Director Operations and Performance
Waikato District Health Board
