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Movement from hospital to residential aged care
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Topic: Aged care
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2008) Movement from hospital to residential aged care, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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The movement of people between acute hospital care and residential aged care has long been recognised as an important issue, but existing national data sets provide only limited information on such movement. This report presents the first comprehensive statistical results into issues affecting movement from hospital into residential aged care, using linked hospital care and residential aged care data for 2001-02. In particular, factors affecting admission into residential care on discharge from hospital are examined.
- ISSN: 1833-1238
- ISBN: 978 1 74024 858 7
- Cat. no: CSI 6
- Pages: 231
Findings from this report:
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In 2001–02, there were 948,000 separations from hospital for people aged 65 and over
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8.7% of hospital separations were admissions into residential aged care
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More of these admissions were people returning to residential care (52,000) than being newly admitted (30,400)
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People entering permanent care stayed longer in hospital (24 days) than those returning home (4)