HC Deb 01 December 1993 vol 233 c583W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost per day for each patient in(a) health authority-run hospitals and (b) national health service trust hospitals; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Sackville

The cost per day for each patient in directy managed units and national health service trust hospitals in 1991–92 was £149.87 and £168.89 respectively. The figures are based on patients using a bed and include day cases. Direct comparisons are not meaningful since a large proportion of first wave trust hospitals were acute units whose costs would be greater than directly managed units with long-stay facilities.

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