20 March 2025
Valentino Breckenridge
[FYI request #29549 email]
Tēnā koe Valentino
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00075272
Thank you for your email to the Ministry of Health, which was transferred to Health New Zealand |
Te Whatu Ora on 20 December 2024, asking for the following under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act):
“Please provide data for the last 5 years for the number of publicly funded hospital
procedures discharged to the private system for completion.
Please split this by major specialty (general surgery, neurology, respiratory, etc.) and also
split by inpatient/outpatient.”
Response
We sincerely apologise for the delay in providing you with this response.
Hospitals perform numerous procedures, including those without complications or with minor
complexity, therefore, we have included we have included all procedures from elective surgical
specialties, as well as surgical procedures performed in Cardiology and procedures in
Gastroenterology. Whilst we do not hold data on decisions to perform procedures in private
facilities, we can provide the volume based on records of procedures performed in private facilities.
Please refer to
Appendix One for data we hold in scope of your request.
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Delwyn Armstrong
Kaiwhakahaere o te Tātaritanga| Director of Health Analytics
Data and Analytics, Planning, Funding and Outcomes
Appendix One
All publicly funded procedures from elective surgical specialties and cardiology
between financial years 2019/20 – 2023/24.
Please note:
• The data provided for this response is provisional. It has not been through the full quality
assurance process that we use before publishing data and therefore may be subject to
change.
• Th data includes events funded by Ministry of Health and District Health Boards.
• Data Source: National Minimum Dataset for Inpatients (NMDS) and National Non-admitted
Patient Collection (NNPAC).
• Data extracted: 4 March 2025
• Day case means same day procedures (do not require overnight stay).
• Diagnosis-related groups that require clinical details to determine whether the treatment
involved a procedure is excluded.
Inpatients (overnight stay required)
Financial year
Health Specialty
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
Cardiology
20
4
2
15
34
Cardiothoracic Surgery
249
167
225
299
363
Dental Surgery
2
2
1
2
5
Gastroenterological Surgery
0
0
0
1
0
Gastroenterology
6
3
5
10
18
General Surgery
1,258
1,314
1,016
1,219
1,220
Gynaecology
224
257
153
351
488
Maxil o-Facial Surgery
1
1
0
2
5
Neurosurgery
4
43
73
153
69
Ophthalmology
44
31
29
50
46
Orthopaedic Surgery
1,937
2,590
2,251
3,428
3,636
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
548
576
275
432
451
Plastic Surgery [excluding burns]
95
110
77
118
131
Specialist Paediatric Surgery [Others]
1
2
2
6
10
Thoracic Surgery
0
0
0
11
6
Urology
329
397
378
505
627
Vascular Surgery
22
6
1
8
31
Grand Total
4,740
5,503
4,488
6,610
7,140
Day case
Financial year
HEALTH SPECIALTY
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
Anaesthesia service(s) and Pain Management
0
0
39
86
0
Cardiology
395
397
364
537
453
Cardiothoracic Surgery
2
3
1
1
1
Dental Surgery
1,837
2,506
1,544
2,329
2,566
Gastroenterological Surgery
393
417
501
1,131
1,037
Gastroenterology
6,594
8,799
9,318
11,789
11,876
General Surgery
2,345
1,261
1,591
1,920
1,985
Gynaecology
527
751
367
563
559
Maxil o-Facial Surgery
16
46
31
22
47
Neurosurgery
1
2
3
29
2
Oncology
0
0
0
0
2
Ophthalmology
12494
15880
16203
19181
24094
Orthopaedic Surgery
294
364
426
581
509
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
616
652
405
845
1374
Plastic Surgery [excluding burns]
460
277
146
332
669
Specialist Paediatric Surgery [Others]
101
56
118
151
165
Urology
386
401
399
574
529
Vascular Surgery
187
315
82
135
136
Grand Total
26,648
32,127
31,538
40,206
46,004
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