Australia's hospitals 2009-10 at a glance
Australia's hospital 2009-10 at a glance provides summary information on Australia's 1,320 public and private hospitals. In 2009-10, there were: 8.6 million hospitalisations in public and private hospitals; 7.4 million presentations to accident and emergency departments, and 70% of patients were seen within recommended times for their triage category. This publication is a companion to the annual Australian hospital statistics 2009-10 publication.
ISSN 1036-613X ; ISBN 978-1-74249-136-3; Cat. no. HSE 106; 36pp.; $10
Publication
Publication table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Body section
- Introduction
- How many hospitals are there?
- How many beds are there?
- Hospital performance: accreditation
- How diverse are public hospitals?
- How many people are employed in Australia's hospitals?
- How much do hospitals spend?
- How are our hospital services funded?
- What services do Australia's hospitals provide?
- Emergency department services
- Hospital performance: emergency department waiting times
- Outpatient care
- Admitted patient care: overview
- Hospital performance: rates of service—hospital procedures
- Hospital performance: readmissions following surgery
- Hospital performance: falls resulting in patient harm in hospitals
- Hospital performance: intentional self-harm in hospitals
- Hospital performance: relative stay index
- Hospital performance: average length of stay for selected types of separations
- Hospital performance: cost per casemix-adjusted separation
- Admitted patient care: same-day acute care
- Admitted patient care: overnight acute care
- Admitted patient care: elective surgery
- Hospital performance: waiting times for elective surgery
- Admitted patient care: sub-acute and non-acute care
- End matter
- Additional information
- References
Notes and corrections
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Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.
- (5 May 2011) Figure 33 legend corrected.
Previous version - Australia's hospitals 2009-10 at a glance (3.4MB PDF)
- (13 July 2011) Figure 2 updated
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Recommended citation
AIHW 2011. Australia's hospitals 2009-10 at a glance. Health services series no. 39. Cat. no. HSE 106. Canberra: AIHW.