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released: 27 Jul 2001 media release

This report is an Internet release only. It presents summary 1998-99 elective surgery waiting times data collected by State and Territory health authorities and provided to the National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection at the AIHW. The data on elective surgery waiting times have undergone considerable improvement over recent years so that, although the quality and comparability of the data could be further improved, the statistics presented in this report have been able to be compiled cautiously. There remain, however, differences among the States and Territories in collection arrangements, in the hospitals included and possibly in the assignment of clinical urgency categories.

Cat. no. HSE 13; 35pp.; FREE

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Waiting times for elective surgery in Australia 1998-99

Health services series no. 16

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Foreword
    • List of tables
    • Acknowledgements
    • Contents
  • Chapters
    1. Introduction
    2. Data sources and methods
      • Measures of waiting times
      • Definitions
      • State and Territory data coverage and supply
      • Data validation by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
      • Data presented
    3. State and Territory overview
      • Patients admitted from waiting lists after extended waits
      • Patients on waiting lists on 30 June 1999 with extended waits
    4. Specialty of surgeon
      • Overview
      • Clinical urgency category 1 patients admitted from waiting lists for elective surgery
      • Clinical urgency category 1 patients on waiting lists on 30 June 1999
      • Admissions from waiting lists and patients on waiting lists
    5. Indicator procedure
      • Overview
      • Clinical urgency category 1 patients admitted from waiting lists for elective surgery
      • Clinical urgency category 1 patients on waiting lists on 30 June 1999
      • Admissions from waiting lists and patients on waiting lists
    6. Data development
  • End matter
    • Glossary
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2001. Waiting times for elective surgery in Australia 1998-99. Health Services Series. Cat. no. HSE 13. Canberra: AIHW.