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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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