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released: 29 Jun 1998 author: AIHW media release

Presents key statistics on the resources, expenditure and revenue of public hospitals and on the services they provide. Detailed statistics on the characteristics and hospital care of admitted patients in both public and private hospitals are also provided. The 1996-97 report widens its focus to include information on hospital performance indicators and more analysis using the casemix (AN-DRG) classification.

ISSN 1036 613 X; ISBN 978 0 642 24772 8; Cat. no. HSE 5; 227pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (52K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Foreword
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • Executive Summary
  • Chapters
    1. Introduction (21K PDF)
    2. Public hospitals - beds and staffing profiles (81K PDF)
    3. Public hospitals - expenditure and revenue (57K PDF)
    4. Overview of activity in Australian hospitals (81K PDF)
    5. Administrative data for admitted patients (98K PDF)
    6. Demographic profile of admitted patients (115K PDF)
    7. Principal diagnosis of admitted patients (409K PDF)
    8. Principal and additional procedures for admitted patients (347K PDF)
    9. External causes for admitted patients (57K PDF)
    10. Australian National Diagnosis Related Groups of admitted patients (220K PDF)
  • End matter (107K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Technical notes
      • Appendix 2: Population estimates
      • Appendix 3: Cost per casemix-adjusted separation methodology
      • Appendix 4: ICD-9-CM codes for sentinel procedures
      • Appendix 5: Related publications
    • Glossary
    • References

Appendixes

  1. Separation, same day separation, patient day and average length of stay statistics for all principal diagnoses in 3-digit ICD-9-CM groupings, public hospitals, Australia, 1996-97 (233K XLS)
  2. Separation, same day separation, patient day and average length of stay statistics for all principal diagnoses in 3-digit ICD-9-CM groupings, private hospitals, Australia, 1996-97 (203K XLS)
  3. Separation, same day separation, patient day and average length of stay statistics for all principal procedures in 3-digit ICD-9-CM groupings, public hospitals, Australia, 1996-97 (190K XLS)
  4. Separation, same day separation, patient day and average length of stay statistics for all principal procedures in 3-digit ICD-9-CM groupings, private hospitals, Australia, 1996-97 (160K XLS)
  5. Separation, same day separation, patient day, average length of stay and cost statistics for all AN-DRGs, public hospitals, Australia, 1996-97 (170K XLS)
  6. Separation, same day separation, patient day, average length of stay and cost statistics for all AN-DRGs, private hospitals, Australia, 1996-97 (163K XLS)

Recommended citation

AIHW 1998. Australian hospital statistics 1996-97. Health Services Series no. 11. Cat. no. HSE 5. Canberra: AIHW.