scholarly journals Projected acute inpatient activity in New South Wales — aIM2005

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neill Jones ◽  
Greg Hardes ◽  
Stephen Ryan ◽  
Jennifer Sheehan ◽  
Cathryn Cox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Average Length ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Population Projections ◽  
Age Group ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Bed Days

Objectives: To describe the statewide projections of acute inpatient activity in New South Wales. Methods: Data on acute inpatient activity in NSW for the period 1998?1999 to 2003?04 were derived from the Admitted Patient Data Collection. Regression analysis was used to project trends in utilisation and length of stay by age group, clinical specialty groups and stay type (day-only and overnight). The projected separation rates and length of stay were subject to clinical review. Projected separation rates (by age group, clinical speciality and stay type) were applied to NSW population projections to derive the projected number of separations. Bed-days were calculated by applying projected overnight average length of stay. Results: Total acute inpatient activity in NSW public hospitals is projected to increase from around 1.05 million separations in 2004 to around 1.3 million separations by 2017 (24%). Same-day separations are projected to increase from around 368 000 to around 514 000 (40%). Overnight separations are projected to rise from around 690 000 in 2003?04 to around 798 000 in 2016?17 (18%). Overnight bed-days are projected to increase from around 3.7 million in 2003?04 to around 4.1 million bed-days in 2017 (12%). Differences across age groups and clinical specialties are also evident from the modelling.

Effects of bunch trimming and double bunch covering on yield of bananas during winter in New South Wales

1996 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 229 ◽  
Author(s):  
GG Johns
Keyword(s):  
Average Length ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Double Covering ◽  
Finger Length ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Commercial Plantation

Bunch trimming (removal of male bud and several distal hands from bunches soon after flowering), and double covering (use of 2 bunch covers simultaneously) of banana bunches that emerge during winter in northern New South Wales could have the potential to increase the size, and hence grade and price of harvested fruit. Consequently bunches were either trimmed to 6, 8 or 10 hands or left untrimmed (male bud retained), and either single or double bunch covers were applied on a commercial plantation on 3 occasions during winter, and the effects on fruit size and quality were recorded. Bunch emergence to bunch harvest interval was reduced by an average of 5 days by bunch trimming. Finger length increased with increasing severity of bunch trimming, with the average length for the top 6 hands increased by 2.3% (P<0.01) for the 10-hand treatment to 6.1% (P<0.001) for the 6-hand treatment. Finger weight increased with increasing severity of bunch trimming, with weights for the top 6 hands increased by up to 14% (P < 0.001) on the 6-hand treatment. Double covering increased finger weight of the top 6 hands by 4% (P < 0.01). Trimming to 10, 8 and 6 hands increased the yield per bunch of extra large grade fruit by 18, 23 and 39% respectively. Double covering did not affect the yield of extra large fruit significantly. After excluding hands suffering from the mixed ripe condition, the 6-hand treatment yielded 51% more marketable extra large fruit than untrimmed bunches. Potential profitability of the treatments depended on price scenario. When prices were low the 6-hand treatment appeared most profitable, but at higher prices the 10-hand treatment would be preferable. Double covering appeared not to be worthwhile for all price scenarios used.

The influence of various factors on survival rate to weaning of Merino lambs. I. Sex, strain, location, and age of ewe for single-born lambs

1965 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 981 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Lax ◽  
Turner H Newton
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
New South ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Strain Differences ◽  
Marked Rise ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Improved Pasture

The influence of sex, strain, location, and age of ewe on survival rate to weaning of single-born Merino lambs has been examined in two sets of data: the strain trial, involving five strains run without selection at each of three locations (Cunnamulla, Qld.; Armidale, on the northern tablelands of New South Wales; Deniliquin, in the Riverina area of New South Wales), with six age groups of ewes; and the same five strains later included in selection groups at Armidale with seven age groups of ewes. The strain trial at Armidale ran mainly on native, and the selection groups mainly on improved pastures. Female lambs had a higher survival rate than either castrated or entire males, the differences in lambs weaned per lamb born being 0.03 and 0.04 respectively. No strain differences could be regarded as statistically significant, and neither could the strain x location interaction in the strain trial. Mean survival rates for the strains ranged from 0.673 to 0.786 on the Armidale native and from 0.802 to 0.850 on the Armidale improved pasture, from 0.746 to 0.859 at Cunnamulla, and from 0.838 to 0.894 at Deniliquin. The strains did not rank consistently in the same order. Location had a marked effect on survival rate, the means being 0.744 for the native and 0.824 for the improved pasture at Armidale, 0.810 at Cunnamulla, and 0.868 at Deniliquin. Age of ewe had a marked influence in the poorest environment (Armidale native pasture), survival rate rising with age and later falling sharply. The effect was less marked in the intermediate environments (Armidale improved pasture and Cunnamulla) and negligible at Deniliquin. The patterns at Cunnamulla and Deniliquin are confirmed by data from other experiments on these stations. Survival rate is one component of number of lambs weaned. The other component, number of lambs born, has a higher mean value at Deniliquin than Cunnamulla, but shows a strong association with age of ewe in both environments. Number of lambs born responds rapidly to selection, but no information is yet available concerning the likely response in survival rate. If improvement in environment can raise the survival rate, particularly in the youngest and oldest ewes, then selection for number of lambs born, combined with improved environment, should lead to a marked rise in the number of lambs weaned.

Variations in sex, length and age compositions of commercial catches of Platycephalus fuscus (Pisces : Platycephalidae) in New South Wales, Australia

2002 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Gray ◽  
V. J. Gale ◽  
S. L. Stringfellow ◽  
L. P. Raines
Keyword(s):  
Average Length ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Total Mortality ◽  
Mesh Size ◽  
Growth Zone ◽  
Male Fish ◽  
Age Composition ◽  
South Wales ◽  
By Catch

Commercial landings of dusky flathead (Platycephalus fuscus) from four estuaries in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, were sampled for data on sex, length and age composition between February and July each year for 2–3 years between 1995 and 1997. Landings primarily contained female fish, ranging from 55% to 93% by number for different estuaries. Flathead sampled in commercial catches ranged from 30 cm to 96 cm total length (TL), but the majority were 33–50 cm TL. Fish >40 cm TL were primarily female and male fish >45 cm TL were uncommon. The length composition of catches differed between gillnets of different mesh sizes, with the average length of fish being least in the smallest allowed mesh size of 70 mm. Fish were aged by otolith interpretation and the analysis of marginal increments indicated that one opaque and one translucent growth zone was formed each year; the opaque zone being deposited in June–August (winter) and first observed in September–October (spring). Commercial landings included fish aged 2–11+ years, but fish aged 2–4+ years dominated landings in all estuaries. The total mortality of dusky flathead in each estuary was estimated by catch curve analysis and was relatively high, ranging from 0.45 to 1.64. The data indicate that dusky flathead may be heavily exploited in NSW.

The challenge of locum working arrangements in New South Wales public hospitals

2006 ◽  
Vol 185 (5) ◽  
pp. 276-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare A Skinner ◽  
Rebecca L Riordan ◽  
Kylie L Fraser ◽  
John D Buchanan ◽  
Kerry J Goulston
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
South Wales

Seasonal changes in Pelage of Miniopterus schreibersi blepotis (Chiroptera) in north-eastern NSW.

1963 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 290 ◽  
Author(s):  
PD Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Early Autumn ◽  
South Wales ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Reproductive Cycles

In M. s. blepotis, of north-eastern New South Wales, the annual moult occurs during the summer and early autumn and lasts about 14.5 weeks. Yearlings having their first moult usually initiate this some 3 weeks after the adults commence. In many adult females the moult is inhibited during lactation and again during the winter so that some individuals may be found moulting in all months of the year. The importance of considering annual pelage characters when using colour taxonomically in bats is emphasized, and possible relationships between moult and reproductive cycles are indicated. In addition the use of pelage characteristics, in conjunction with reproductive criteria as a means of recognizing age groups of M. s. blepotis, is discussed.

The New South Wales Tiger Flathead Neoplatycephalus macrodon (Ogilby). II. The Age Compositon of the Commercial Catch, Overfishing of the Stocks, and Suggested Conservation

1952 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
WS Fairbridge
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Fishing Ground ◽  
Alternative Measure ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Commercial Catch ◽  
Conservation Measure ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Post War

The commercial flathead catch is analysed into its component age-groups. The results are expressed in numbers and weight of each age-group caught in each month. The results indicate an absence of natural fluctuations in abundance of the year-groups during the series of years covered. The post-war decline in the catch of flathead is discussed in the light of this analysis. The catch has fallen from 5,700,000 lb. in 1944–45 to 2,100,000 lb. in 1948–49. The catch of flathead for a period between the wars is estimated at over 10,000,000 lb. per year. The stock of flathead has thus shown a failure to recover during the war-time rest, as well as a sudden fall with the inception of heavy fishing of recent years. Possible reasons for these changes in the flathead stock are discussed. It is suggested that the numbers of recruits are limited by the numbers of spawning adults. The results obtained from this work are fuller, but in entire agreement with those of the earlier paper on the trawlfishery as a xvliole. The adoption of conservation measures is urged. The trawlfishery is now dependent on two hitherto discarded species of poorer quality than the flathead, and the better of these is already showing a reduced catch per unit effort of fishing. The most important conservation measure is that suggested in the earlier paper — a reduction of the fleet to the equivalent of 13 trawlers. It is regarded as probable that if this step is not taken, the annual trawlfish catch will continue to decline. Closure of the Botany fishing ground is suggested as a further, but not an alternative, measure.

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