National elective surgery waiting times

National elective surgery waiting times at a glance

Presented below are national elective surgery waiting list statistics for for the years 2001-02 to 2005-06, and a state and territory overview of elective surgery waiting times for 2005-06. Information is also included by the specialty of the surgeon who was to perform the elective surgery and by indicator procedure.

This information is also available through interactive data tables. They contain information for:

For information on the Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection and Data request service visit the Hospital data.

The waiting times data presented here for patients who complete their wait and are admitted for their surgery on an elective basis are generally used as the main summary measure of elective surgery waiting times. Most patients are admitted after waiting, however, some patients patients are removed from waiting lists for other reasons. Other reasons for removal are: that the patient was admitted as an emergency patient for the awaited procedure; was transferred to another hospital's waiting list; had been treated elsewhere; was not contactable; had died or had declined surgery.

      Admissions from waiting lists for elective surgery, 2001-02 to 2005-06

Removals for admission per 1,000 population, 2001-02 to 2005-06

      Additions to and Removals from waiting lists 2005-06

Elective surgery waiting list statistics by State/territory 2005-06

Removals from elective surgery waiting lists by state/territory 2005-06

      Surgical specialty 2005-06

Removals for admission from elective surgery waiting lists by surgical speciality 2005-06

      Indicator procedure 2005-06

Removals for admission from elective surgery waiting lists by indicator procedure 2005-06

A focus on Ophthalmology, 2005-06 data, including Admitted patient care data

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Please refer to the Waiting times for elective surgery chapter of Australian hospital statistics 2006-07 for more information on scope, coverage and notes.

Last reviewed on 18 February 2008