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Explore MyHospitals to find information on Australia's hospital system. Read the reports and use the interactive data tools to discover information about your local hospital, hospitals within your region, state or territory and nationally.

Emergency department care 2021–22

Emergency department care 2021–22 presents information on care provided in public hospital emergency departments (EDs). It includes information on overall activity, nationally agreed performance indicators on waiting times for care, time spent in the ED, and other waiting times statistics.

Elective surgery waiting times 2021–22

Elective surgery waiting times 2021–22 present key statistics about public hospital elective surgery waiting lists. It presents information on overall activity, the elective surgery that was provided and how long people waited for elective surgery.

Australia's hospitals at a glance  

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Australia’s hospitals at a glance provides an overview of the information available on the MyHospitals national reporting platform. It presents summary information about Australia's public and private hospitals across the following themes:

  • Spending on hospitals
  • Hospitals workforce
  • Hospital activity
  • Access to hospitals
  • Hospital safety and quality.

This report will be updated with the latest annual hospitals data collections held by the AIHW as they become available.

Explore the data

The MyHospitals national reporting platform allows users to explore information about their local hospital and Local Hospital Network (LHN), as well as trends across Australia. By using the 'Explore' menu below you can explore hospital information by:

  • Theme (icons in top row): information presented according to common themes underpinning the operation of the hospital system including access to hospitals, hospitals activity, spending on hospital services, the hospital workforce and hospital safety and quality.
  • Sector (icons in the bottom row): information on selected functions of the hospital system; for example, emergency departments or admitted patient care
  • Location (my local area): information by hospital or LHN
  • Data (reports and data downloads): detailed data tables and reports

Sector and theme pages contain more detailed statistics and data visualisations.

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