Hospitals

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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 2006-07 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. 

 

Last reviewed by Hospitals on 29 May 2008