| Author | JM J Cachia |
| Abstract | The total number of ward admissions to St. Lukes Hospital in 2006 was 87,645. There were 47,458 (54.2%) new in-patient admissions, 12,544 (14.3%) ward transfers, 13,678 (15.6%) day cases and 13,965 (15.9%) dialysis sessions. The mean length of stay for in-patients was 4.6 days. The average number of new ward admissions daily was 164.4. With a total of 275,261 occupied bed days, the hospital had a mean bed occupancy rate of 89.6% in 859 inpatient beds. The overall throughput was 70.8 patients per available inpatient bed. The turnover interval was 0.5 days. In 55 day care and dialysis beds 27,643 cases were dealt with 1.4 patients per bed per day. 27,031 bed days which were occupied by 361 social cases have a significant impact on workload and overall bed occupancy statistics. The number of surgical operations carried out in the various operating theatres was 33,298. This includes 3,081 procedures performed at the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory which are considered as part of the operative activity of the hospital. There was there a net increase of 4% (1,298 operations) in overall operative activity in 2006. 5,075 (15.2%) were registered as emergency episodes whilst 28,223 were elective episodes. 51% of episodes were performed on female patients, 49% on male patients. On the basis of a preliminary analysis, the complexity of operations performed was classified as follows: Complex Major, Major + and Major 29%; Intermediate 34%; Minor 36%; Unspecified 1%. 110,100 patients attended the Accident and Emergency Department. Of these, 14,764 (13.4%) were brought by ambulance. 26.8% were referred by their GP or the Health Centres whilst 79,847 (72.5%) were self referred. 22,875 (20.8%) required admission to hospital which means that 48.2% of all inpatient admissions were from the A&E Department. 882 patients were treated at ITU. 633 patients were treated in the High Dependency Unit. 1,595 patients received in-patient care at the Coronary Care Unit. 1987 2051 patients had invasive coronary angiograms and cardiac catheterisations. 545 Cardiothoracic operations were performed. Of these, 412 operations required cardiopulmonary bypass, including 352 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft operations, 59 operations involving heart valves and 1 heart transplant. 3,772 echocardiograms (including 79 transoesophageal procedures), 2,784 Exercise Stress tests (of which 243 were part of myocardial perfusion scans), 1,573 Holter examinations and patient activated monitors and 840 Blood Pressure 24-hour monitoring studies were performed at the Cardiac Laboratory. |
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| Key words | admission, st lukes hospital, bed occupancy, health information, institutional health, social cases, surgery |