§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average cost in England in 1990–91 and 1991–92 of treating(a) an in-patient case in an acute hospital, (b) an out-patient in an acute hospital, (c) a day case in an acute hospital and (d) an accident and emergency patient in an acute hospital.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is not available in precisely the form requested. Expenditure on in-patients and day cases is no longer separately identified. Expenditure on day cases is now combined with that for in-patients to form a new category: patients using a bed. Expenditure is also identified by specialty rather than the type of hospital in which a patient is treated. Figures for 1990–91 are given in the table. Figures for 1991–92 are not yet available.
1990–91 £ Acute in-patient and day case 815 Acute out-patient attendance 41 Accident and emergency attendance 24