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Australian hospital statistics 2006-07Health services series no. 31Australian hospital statistics 2006-07 continues the comprehensive reporting of statistics on Australian hospitals by the AIHW. The publication presents a detailed overview of public and private hospital activity in 2006-07 with summaries of changes over time. Statistics presented on admitted patient care include information on patient diagnoses, procedures, lengths of stay, and waiting times for elective surgery. Emergency department activity statistics include information on triage categories, waiting times and the duration of care. Clinic level information on outpatient care is also presented. A range of hospital performance indicators are reported as well as information on public hospital expenditure, resources and bed numbers. This report is a useful resource for health planners, administrators and researchers with an interest in Australia's hospitals. Authored by AIHW. Published 30 May 2008; ISSN 1036-613X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 790 0; AIHW cat. no. HSE 55; 400pp.; $42.00 |
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Australian hospital statistics 2005-06Health services series no. 30Australian Hospital Statistics 2005-06 provides a thirteenth year in the AIHW's comprehensive annual reporting of statistics on Australia's hospitals. Detailed information is presented on hospital care and hospitals in 2005-06, as are summaries of changes over time and comparisons between public and private hospitals. Included are statistics on admissions to public and private hospitals in 2005-06, covering the age and sex of patients diagnoses, procedures, lengths of stay and waiting times for elective surgery. The publication presents statistics on emergency department presentations to selected public hospitals in 2005-06 covering the age and sex of patients, triage categories, waiting times and duration of care. Also included are statistics on outpatient clinic activity in selected public hospitals in 2005-06. The statistics presented on hospitals include hospital expenditure, revenue and bed numbers, and a range of hospital performance indicators reported using the National Health Performance Framework. This report is a useful resource for health planners, administrators and researchers with an interest in the Australian hospital system. Authored by AIHW. Published 31 May 2007; ISSN 1036-613X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 690 3; AIHW cat. no. HSE 50; 394pp.; OUT OF PRINT |
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Diabetes hospitalisations in Australia, 2003-04AIHW bulletin no. 47Diabetes has been estimated to affect around one million Australians and is reportedly increasing in prevalence. Australian hospitals data help to give an indication of the impact of diabetes on health service use. This report presents information on Australian hospital statistics for people with diabetes; trends are presented for 1996-97 to 1998-99 and for 2000-01 to 2003-04, and data for 2003-04 are examined for a number of key characteristics. Authored by O'Brien K, Thow A & Ofei S. Published 30 August 2006; ISSN 1446-9820; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 598 2; AIHW cat. no. AUS 84; 28pp.; $10.00 |
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Australian hospital statistics 2004-05Health services series no. 26Australian hospital statistics 2004-05 continues the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's series of summary reports describing the characteristics and activity of Australia's hospitals. It presents an overview of hospitals and hospital activity in Australia, further data on public hospitals, hospital performance indicator data, information on non-admitted patient care provided in public hospital emergency departments, and summary data on elective surgery waiting times for patients admitted to public hospitals. Authored by AIHW. Published 31 May 2006; ISSN 1036-613X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 572 2; AIHW cat. no. HSE 41; 370pp.; $40.00 |
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Australian hospital statistics 2003-04Health services series no. 23Australian Hospital Statistics 2003-04 provides an eleventh year in the Institute's comprehensive annual statistical reporting of statistics on Australia's hospitals. Detailed information is presented on hospital care and hospitals in 2003-04, as are summaries of changes over time, and comparisons between public and private hospitals. Included are statistics on admissions to public and private hospitals in 2003-04, covering the age and sex of patients, diagnoses, procedures, lengths of stay and waiting times for elective surgery. Also included are hospital expenditure, revenue and bed numbers, and a range of hospital performance indicators reported using the National Health Performance Framework. Included for the first time in 2003-04 are more comprehensive statistics about patients who presented to selected public hospital emergency departments. The statistics now cover patients' demographics, triage categories, waiting times, durations of care and a range of other data. This report is a useful resource for health planners, administrators and researchers with an interest in the Australian hospital system. Authored by AIHW. Published 27 May 2005; ISSN 1036 613 X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 468 8; AIHW cat. no. HSE 37; 363pp.; $40.00 |
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Australian hospital statistics 2002-03Health services series no. 22Australian Hospital Statistics 2002-03 is the tenth of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's annual summary reports describing the characteristics and activity of Australian hospitals. Detailed information is presented on hospital care and hospitals in 2002-03, along with summaries of changes over time, and comparisons between public and private hospitals. The report is based largely on data in the Institute's National Hospital Morbidity Database, the National Public Hospital Establishments Database and the National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection, which are compiled each year with the assistance of the state and territory health authorities. Authored by AIHW. Published 28 June 2004; ISSN 1036 613 X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 388 9; AIHW cat. no. HSE 32; ABS cat. no. 8906.0; 358pp.; $50.00 |
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Australian hospital statistics 2001-02Health services series no. 20Australian Hospital Statistics 2001-02 is the latest in the Institute's series of reports summarising data on Australia's hospitals. For the first time, information on trends in hospital care is presented in an easy-to-follow 'Hospitals at a glance' section. Detailed information is also presented on the characteristics and hospital care of the six million people admitted to public and private hospitals, including their age, sex, diagnoses and the procedures they underwent. Information on Australia's hospitals includes the number of hospitals and hospital beds, and key statistics on the resources, expenditure and revenue of public hospitals and on the services they provide. Data on a range of hospital performance indicators are also reported using the National Health Performance Committee's performance indicator framework. This report is a useful resource for health planners, administrators and researchers with an interest in the Australian hospital system. Authored by AIHW. Published 30 June 2003; ISSN 1036 613; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 282 0; AIHW cat. no. HSE 25; 300pp.; $50.00 |
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Diagnosis-based injury severity scaling: a method using Australian and New Zealand hospital data coded to ICD-10-AMInjury research and statistics series no. 20This report provides an evaluation of the applicability of an ICD-based Injury Severity Scale (ICISS) to ICD-10 and ICD-10-AM using Australian and New Zealand hospital separations data. The report will be relevant to those interested in measures of injury severity, particularly those involved in health and policy planning and injury researchers. Authored by Stephenson S, Langley J, Henley G & Harrison J. Published 24 February 2003; ISSN 1444 3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 331 5; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 59; 97pp.; OUT OF PRINT |
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Australian hospital statistics 2000-01Health services series no. 19Australian Hospital Statistics 2000-01 presents detailed information on the characteristics and hospital care of the six million people admitted to public and private hospitals, including their age, sex, diagnoses and the procedures they underwent. For the first time, waiting times for patients admitted for elective surgery in public hospitals are presented in this report. Detailed information is presented by the specialty of the surgeon who was to perform the elective surgery and for selected procedures for which patients were waiting. Information on Australia's hospitals includes the number of hospitals and hospital beds, and key statistics on the resources, expenditure and revenue of public hospitals and on the services they provide. Data on a range of hospital performance indicators are also reported using the National Health Performance Committee's framework. Authored by AIHW. Published 28 June 2002; ISSN 1036 613 X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 193 9; AIHW cat. no. HSE 20; 308pp.; OUT OF PRINT |
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Nursing labour force 1999National health labour force series no. 20Every two years the AIHW conducts a survey of the nursing workforce in Australia at the time of registration renewal. This report presents statistics on employment trends of nurses up to 1999, and detailed findings from the 1997 Nursing Workforce Survey. This information includes the demographic and labour force characteristics of registered and enrolled nurses, and their geographic distribution. Additional information relating to hospital patient and staffing statistics from 1995-96 to 1998-99 was obtained from AIHW Australian Hospital Statistics annual publication. To complement the AIHW collections, data from other government agencies and the OECD have been included to provide information on the number of students enrolled in and completing tertiary nursing courses, migration patterns of nurses, areas of nursing shortages and some international comparisons. Authored by AIHW. Published 13 September 2001; ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 138 0; AIHW cat. no. HWL 20; 127pp.; OUT OF PRINT |