FACILITY PROFILE

Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Health Service District - Thursday Island Primary Health Care Centre

Elements of this profile updated: 15/01/2007

Capital Works
Patient Activity
Top 10 DRGs separations

TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public

This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 13 July 2005
REVIEW DATE: August 2005

Senior Staff:

POSITION	CONTACT
Director of Primary Health Care	Mr Poi Pensio

Physical Address: Douglas Street THURSDAY ISLAND Qld 4875
Postal Address: P O Box 624 THURSDAY ISLAND Qld 4875
General Phone: +61 7 4069 0400
General Fax: +61 7 4069 2045
Zone: Northern
Office Hours: 0800 to 1700

Distance to Main Referral hospital(s):

Cairns Base Hospital	850km
The Townsville Hospital	1200km
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital	2900km

Facility Services:

Primary Health Services	General Practice Medicine; Child Health; Oral Health; Adult Mental; Drug and Alcohol; Men's & Women's Health; HIV/AIDS; Palliative Care; Home Care; Rehabilitation; Infectious Diseases; Diabetes and Nutrition; Environmental Health; Hearing Health; Health Promotion; Healthy Ageing
Clinics Available	Child Health; Diabetes; Hearing
Allied Health Services	Podiatry; Social Work; Oral Health
Outreach Services	Oral Health; Men's & Women's Health; Infectious Diseases; Family Support.

Capital Works or Recent Improvements:

See District Profile

Measured Quality For The Facility:

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

This section - SOURCE: Health Information Centre
REVIEW DATE: October 2006

Patient Activity:

	Admitted	Yr-Yr Var. (%)	Non-Adm. Activity	Yr-Yr Var. (%)
1991/1992	0	0.0%	137444	0.0
1992/1993	0	0.0%	40619	-70.4
1993/1994	166	0.0%	46765	15.1
1994/1995	253	52.4%	37284	-20.3
1995/1996	83	-67.2%	39112	4.9
1996/1997	93	12.0%	98998	153.1
1997/1998	137	47.3%	28585	-71.1
1998/1999	191	39.4%	46556	62.9
1999/2000	137	-28.3%	40724	-12.5
2000/2001	105	-23.4%	51761	27.1
2001/2002	87	-17.1%	92336	78.4
2002/2003	46	-47.1%	80666	-12.6
2003/2004	61	32.6%	56178	-30.4
2004/2005	56	-8.2%	68066	21.2

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
F74Z	Chest Pain	6
K60B	Diabetes W/O Catastrophic or Severe CC	3
T60A	Septicaemia W Catastrophic or Severe CC	2
O66A	Antenatal & Other Obstetric Admission	2
D65Z	Nasal Trauma and Deformity	2
J65B	Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Age <70	2
I75C	Injury to Shoulder, Arm, Elbow, Knee, Leg or Ankle Age <65 W/O CC	2
I74C	Injury to Forearm, Wrist, Hand or Foot Age <75 W/O CC	2
G67B	Oesophagitis, Gastroent & Misc Digestive Systm Disorders Age>9 W/O Cat/Sev CC	2
X60C	Injuries Age < 65	2

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Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Health Service District - Thursday Island Primary Health Care Centre