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released: 30 Nov 2010 author: AIHW media release

'Australian hospital statistics 2009-10: emergency department care and elective surgery waiting times' presents information relating to emergency department care in major public hospitals and public hospital elective surgery waiting times for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010. In 2009-10: almost 6 million emergency department presentations were provided by major public hospitals, with 70% of patients receiving treatment within an appropriate time for their urgency (triage category); about 610,000 patients were admitted to Australian public hospitals from waiting lists for elective surgery, with 50% of patients admitted within 36 days.

ISSN 1036-613X; ISBN 978-1-74249-094-6; Cat. no. HSE 93; 68pp.; Internet only

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title & verso title pages
    • Contents
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Acknowledgments
    • Summary
  • Body content
    1. Introduction
      • Data sources for this report
      • What’s in this report?
        • Report structure
        • Chapter structure
        • Background to the timing of this report
        • Additional data on the Internet
        • Other hospital-related data
    2. Emergency department care (532KB XLS)
      • What data are reported?
        • The National Non-admitted Patient Emergency Department Care Database
        • Other emergency department data
      • How has activity changed over time?
      • How much activity was there in 2009–10?
        • Why did people receive this care?
        • How urgent was the care?
        • How long did people wait for care?
        • How was care completed?
      • Additional information
    3. Elective surgery waiting times (213KB XLS)
      • What data are reported?
        • The National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection
      • How has activity changed over time?
      • How much activity was there in 2009–10?
        • How long did people wait for care?
      • Additional information
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1: Technical notes
      • Definitions
      • Data presentation
      • Data sources
        • The National Non-admitted Patient Emergency Department Care Database
        • The National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection
      • Quality of Indigenous status data
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Notes and corrections

The current version of the publication is presented above.

Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

  1. The following text added at the end of Table 3.3 on page 33, under notes.
    "Following the creation of the integrated Albury-Wodonga Health Service, the management of the Albury Base Hospital transferred to Victoria on 1 July 2009. Activity for this hospital is included in Victoria for 2009–10, whereas it was included in New South Wales for 2008–09. There were 2,478 admissions from elective surgery waiting lists in 2009–10 for Albury Base Hospital. If they had been counted in New South Wales, the total for New South Wales would have been 200,981." (30 November 2010)
  2. Chapter 3 has been updated following a resupply of elective surgery waiting times data by the Northern Territory. (8 December 2010)

Recommended citation

AIHW 2010. Australian hospital statistics 2009-10: emergency department care and elective surgery waiting times. Health services series no. 38. Cat. no. HSE 93. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442472405>.