Replies to LegCo questions
LCQ20: Statistics on public hospital services
Following is a question by the Dr Hon Leung Ka-lau and a written reply by the
Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, in the Legislative Council today
(November 4):
Question:
Regarding the statistics of the services provided by the hospital clusters under
the Hospital Authority (HA), will the Government inform this Council whether it
knows the following information (set out in tables):
(1) the following data of HA as a whole and of the catchment areas of various
clusters in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015:
(i) the population of the catchment area;
(ii) the percentage of people aged 65 or above in the population of the
catchment area;
(iii) the number of patients in the catchment area;
(iv) the percentage of patients aged 65 or above in the total number of patients
in the catchment area; and
(v) among the population of the catchment area, the percentage of those people
who used the general and the specialist outpatient services provided by the
cluster;
(2) the following data with regard to common non-urgent surgical operations
performed in public hospitals in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (set out the data by HA
as a whole, clusters and public hospitals respectively):
(i) the respective waiting time of the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th
percentile;
(ii) the number of cases; and
(iii) the lowest, highest, average and median unit costs; and
(3) the following data with regard to common medical examinations performed in
public hospitals in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (set out the data by HA as a whole,
clusters and public hospitals respectively):
(i) the respective waiting time of the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th
percentile;
(ii) the number of cases; and
(iii) the lowest, highest, average and median unit costs?
Reply:
President,
My reply to various parts of the question raised by Dr Hon Leung Ka-lau on the
statistics relating to the services provided by the Hospital Authority is set
out in Annex.
Ends/Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Issued at HKT 16:31
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LCQ20 Annex