Admitted patients are people who undergo a public or private hospital’s formal admission process to receive treatment and/or care. The types of care provided include surgical care, medical care, intensive care, newborn care, rehabilitation care, palliative care, and mental health care.
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Admitted patients
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Admitted patient care bookmark 1
There were 11.6 million hospitalisations in 2021–22, 2.1% lower than 2020–21.
Admitted patient care bookmark 2
One in eight hospitalisations were for Females, aged 25 to 44, in 2021–22.
Admitted patient care bookmark 3
There were 7.3 million same-day hospitalisations in public and private hospitals in 2021–22. There was a 2.0% decrease since 2020–21.
There were 11.6 million hospitalisations in 2021–22. A rate of 405 hospitalisations per 1,000 population.
In 2021–22:
there were 11.6 million hospitalisations – a rate of 405 hospitalisations per 1,000 population
there were 31.8 million days of patient care
the average length of stay was 2.7 days
671 public hospitals provided admitted patient care services
92% of hospitalisations were classified as episodes of Acute care
nearly 1 in 4 (24%, 1.7 million) of same-day acute hospitalisations in all hospitals were for Care involving dialysis
people aged 65 and over accounted for 43% of hospitalisations and 49% of patient days.
Between January 2020 and June 2022, there were over 270,700 hospitalisations involving a COVID-19 diagnosis (2,600 in 2019–20; 4,700 in 2020–21; and 263,400 in 2021–22).
the number of patient days increased from 27.7 million patient days to 31.8 million patient days
the average length of stay decreased from 3.0 days to 2.7 days
from 2012–13 to 2016–17, there was an annual average increase for hospitalisations with Acute care by 4.0% in public hospitals and 1.9% in private hospitals; this rising trend continued from 2017–18 to 2021–22 by 0.7% in public hospitals and 1.8% in private hospitals.
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