Hospitals

Recent releases

Mental health services in Australia 2006-07 (27 August 2009) (media release and publication)

Estimating the impact of selected National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) reforms on health care expenditure, 2003 to 2033 (5 August 2009) (publication)

Australian hospital statistics 2007-08 (10 June 2009) (media release and publication)

Popular titles

Australia's welfare 2009
Australia's welfare 2009		 Australia's health 2008
Australia's health 2008

Overview

The Institute compiles and reports on a range of data on hospitals, detailing the characteristics of public hospitals, admitted patients and the care they receive in hospital, and elective surgery and emergency department waiting times.

Australian hospital statistics 2007–08 summarises the latest data on public hospitals and admitted patients in public and private hospitals. The section Hospitals at a glance provides a summary of the report's information on Australian hospitals. It illustrates changes in hospital activity over time and some differences between hospitals in the public and private sectors. 

Please note: The interactive data cubes provide the latest statistics for 2007-08.