RISING HOSPITAL COSTS
"BEFORE the introduction of social security the hospital beds occupied in New Zealand were 4.3 per 1000 of populatnon,; since: then that number has increased to 6.3 per 1000," said Mr W. H. Galbraith, managing secretary to-the Nelson Hospital Board in an address to'the Nelson Rotary Club. "In 1943 the hospital boards of the Dominion collected about £500,000 in patients fees, whereas in 1943 fees paid to the hospitals from the Social $eqjrity Fund totalled £1,760,000, and it is probable that when the 1944 figures are available they will show a further increase to £2,400,000." The cost of New Zealand's public hospitals was £3,500,000 annually, or about £2 10s per head of popu-t lation. "Board of Control."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 14, 6 October 1944, Page 4
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