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FACILITY PROFILE

Cape York Health Service District - Kowanyama Primary Health Care Centre

Elements of this profile updated: 04/03/2008


TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public


This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 04 March 2008
REVIEW DATE: April 2008

Senior Staff:
POSITION CONTACT
Director of Nursing Dianne Dancey

Physical Address: Carrington St, KOWANYAMA QLD 4871
Postal Address: C/- Post Office, KOWANYAMA QLD 4871
General Phone: +61 7 4060 5133
General Fax: +61 7 4060 5140
Zone: Northern
Office Hours: 0800 to 1700 Mon to Fri

Distance to Main Referral hospital(s):
The Townsville Hospital 1140km
Cairns Base Hospital 740km

Facility Services:

Services The service is a Primary Health Care Centre operating from 08:00 to 17:00hrs each day. After hours is covered by Registered nurses on an on call basis. The Centre is covered by a Medical officer 6.5 days of the week. Medical officers are employed be RFDS. There are 2 medical officers who work on a month in month out basis. Medical officers have clinics 08:00 to 17:00 hrs Monday to Friday. Saturday and Sunday clinics are from 08:00 to 12:00hrs. These medical officers are on call for after hours from Monday 08:00 to Sunday 12:00 hrs. Between 12:00 hrs on Sunday and 08:00 hrs on Monday, the clinic is covered by telephone consultation with the medical officer at the RFDS base in Cairns. In an emergency, the on-site medical officers make themselves available even when nominally off duty. * Clients requiring evacuation for medical reason is by one of two methods:- 1) If an emergency, clients are evacuated by RFDS in Cairns 2) If a non emergency, clients are sent by commercial aircraft using the Patient Subsidy Scheme
Primary Health Care Services Outpatient Services; Antenatal Clinics; Nutrition Health Visits; Child Health Screening; ATSI Support & Education; Counselling and support; Health Promotion; Sexual Health; School Dressing Clinics; Medication management and pharmacy supply services; Management of PTS scheme; Visits to Homelands as needed; Community Nursing; Womens Health clinics; Diabetic Care; Chronic Disease Program; Home Medical Aids; Immunisation Program; Mens Health; After hours emergency care; Basic Radiography.
Clinics Available Antenatal Clinics; School Dressing Clinics; Women's Health clinics;
Visiting Services Nutrition Health Visits; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Occupational Therapy; Thoracic Medicine; Dental Services; CYDHS Outreach teams; Women's Health; RFDS Mothercraft Nurse; General Medicine; Paediatrics; Psychiatrist; Ophthalmic Services; RFDS Psychologist; Sexual Health.



Capital Works or Recent Improvements:

Nil




Measured Quality For The Facility:

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

This section - SOURCE: Health Information Centre
REVIEW DATE: March 2008

Patient Activity:

  Admitted Yr-Yr Var. (%) Non-Adm. Activity Yr-Yr Var. (%)
1993/1994 50 -3.8% 19005 -14.2
1994/1995 62 24.0% 17482 -8.0
1995/1996 1 -98.4% 13593 -22.2
1996/1997 0 -100.0% 21408 57.5
1997/1998 102 0.0% 15271 -28.7
1998/1999 194 90.2% 36526 139.2
1999/2000 120 -38.1% 26787 -26.7
2000/2001 119 -0.8% 29371 9.6
2001/2002 149 25.2% 24354 -17.1
2002/2003 85 -43.0% 24528 0.7
2003/2004 53 -37.6% 19204 -21.7
2004/2005 73 37.7% 10123 -47.3
2005/2006 98 34.2% 14497 43.2


District Public Hospital Episodes of Care for top 10 DRGs (v5.0) 2004/2005 :
Total Inpatients (public and private)

DRG No DRG Name Number of Episodes
L67C OTH KIDNY & URNRY TRCT DX-CSCC 8
G67B OESPHS, GASTR&MIS DIG A>9-CSCC 7
X60C Injuries Age <65 5
L63C KDNY & UNRY TRCT INF A<70-CSCC 4
B80Z OTHER HEAD INJURY 4
U60Z MENTAL HEALTH TREAT,SAMEDY-ECT 4
X64B OT INJ,POIS&TOX EFF DX A<60-CC 4
G70B OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAG-CC 3
N61Z INFECTIONS, FEMALE REPROD SYST 3
I74C INJ FRARM,WR,HND,FOOT A<75-CC 3
O66B Antenatal & Other Obstetric Admission, Sameday 3
E62C RESPIRATORY INFECTN/INFLAMM-CC 3
G66B Abdominal Pain or Mesenteric Adenitis W/O CC 3