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FACILITY PROFILE

Cairns Health Service District - Yarrabah Hospital

Elements of this profile updated: 07/03/2008


TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public

This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 07 March 2008
REVIEW DATE: April 2008

Senior Staff:
POSITION CONTACT
Director of Nursing Debbie Jolley
Medical Officer Margaret Purcell
Senior Health Worker Tamar Patterson

Physical Address: Loban Lane, YARRABAH QLD 4871
Postal Address: c/- Post Office, YARRABAH QLD 4871
General Phone: +61 7 4056 9139
General Fax: +61 7 4056 9174
Zone: Northern
Office Hours: 0800 to 1700

Distance to Main Referral hospital(s):
Cairns Base Hospital 54km
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital 1800km

Facility Services:

Health Services 24 hour Accident and Emergency, General Practitioner clinics, Women's Health Clinics, Chronic Disease Clinics, Child Health Clinics, Antenatal and Postnatal care and clinics.
Various Visiting Specialist / Outreach Clinics FROGS, RFDS, Dressing clinics and Pathology Collection Clinics.



Capital Works or Recent Improvements:

Capital Works Pending.



Measured Quality For The Facility:

Please refer to the Quality Measurement Management Action Reports for details.

This section - SOURCE: Health Information Centre
REVIEW DATE:

Patient Activity:

  Admitted Yr-Yr Var. (%) Non-Adm. Activity Yr-Yr Var. (%)
1993/1994 1134 29.9% 22335 -2.5
1994/1995 1240 9.3% 21368 -4.3
1995/1996 938 -24.4% 20803 -2.6
1996/1997 846 -9.8% 20665 -0.7
1997/1998 816 -3.5% 19613 -5.1
1998/1999 962 17.9% 18419 -6.1
1999/2000 1106 15.0% 21390 16.1
2000/2001 1062 -4.0% 23962 12.0
2001/2002 780 -26.6% 13746 -42.6
2002/2003 390 -50.0% 10045 -26.9
2003/2004 581 49.0% 15028 49.6
2004/2005 820 41.1% 20668 37.5
2005/2006 787 -4.0% 20162 -2.4
2004/2005 820 41.1% 20668 37.5


District Public Hospital Episodes of Care for top 10 DRGs (v5.0) - 2005-2006 :
Total Inpatients (public and private)

DRG No DRG Name Number of Episodes
X60C Injuries Age < 65 107
F74Z CHEST PAIN 66
066B ANTENATAL AND OTH OBSTETRIC ADM,SD 49
J64B CELLULITUS A>59 - CSCC A<60 47
B76B SEIZURE CSCC 45
G66B ABDMNL PAIN MESENTRC ADENTS - CC 20
L63C KDNY AND UNRY TRCT INF A<70 - CSCC 18
E75C OTHER RESP SYS DX A<65 - CC 18
- - 0
- - 0