Acute hospital bed day rate in New Zealand

Acute bed days are the number of days a person spends in hospital, following an acute admission. The acute bed days rate is presented as the number of bed days for acute hospital stays per 1,000 population, age standardised. This measure is intended to reflect demand for acute inpatient services on the health system.
Source of data is the national collections NMDS (inpatient events) and population information from Stats NZ.

Ethnicity data is sourced from prioritised ethnicity in the National Health Index system, and for Ambulatory Sensitive Hospitalisations and Acute Bed Day rates, matched to prioritised ethnicity in Stats NZ Usual Resident Population projections.

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The Clinical Performance Metrics provide data and information on the change inperformance for key measures between the current and previous year. These key measures were agreed by the Board of Te Whatu Ora in December 2022 and endorsed by the previous Minister of Health.

This dataset aim to measure how well the health system across the country is performing, providing the opportunity to develop local health solutions to address local health issues. The metrics allow to measure performance over time with consistency.