|
MSSA
|
MRSA
|
Total SAB cases
|
Patient days under surveillance
|
Coverage
|
|
rate (a)
|
rate (a)
|
cases
|
rate (a)
|
‘000
|
%
|
NSW
|
0.56
|
0.17
|
530
|
0.72
|
7,336.3
|
97
|
Vic
|
0.64
|
0.13
|
402
|
0.77
|
5,240.5
|
99
|
Qld
|
0.57
|
0.06
|
239
|
0.62
|
3,832.8
|
100
|
WA
|
0.71
|
0.12
|
121
|
0.83
|
1,466.5
|
97
|
SA
|
0.67
|
0.16
|
119
|
0.83
|
1,430.3
|
94
|
Tas
|
0.73
|
0.12
|
36
|
0.85
|
422.1
|
100
|
ACT
|
0.74
|
0.08
|
30
|
0.82
|
365.3
|
98
|
NT
|
0.19
|
0.25
|
16
|
0.45
|
359.4
|
100
|
Total
|
0.60
|
0.13
|
1,493
|
0.73
|
20,453.2
|
98
|
(a) Cases per 10,000 patient days.
Source: AIHW National Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia Data Collection.
SAB rates by type of public hospital
Principal referral hospitals and Public acute group A hospitals can be more likely to treat patients at risk of SAB than other hospitals, and therefore tend to have higher proportions of SAB cases and higher SAB rates.
Hospital peer groups
Principal referral hospitals (‘Major hospitals’ on MyHospitals) provide a very broad range of services, have a range of highly specialised service units, and have very large patient volumes. The term ‘referral’ recognises that these hospitals have specialist facilities not typically found in smaller hospitals.
Public acute group A hospitals (‘Large hospitals’ on MyHospitals) generally provide a wide range of services, but narrower than Principal referral hospitals. While complex patients may be treated, they are usually less complex than those seen in Principal referral hospitals.
Public acute group B hospitals (‘Medium hospitals’ on MyHospitals) provide a narrower range of services, and are less likely to treat complex patients than either Principal referral or Public acute group A hospitals.
Children’s hospitals specialise in the treatment and care of children. For the purposes of this report and its associated data, children’s hospitals include Combined women and children’s hospitals (that is, those specialising in the treatment of both women and children.
For more information on public hospital peer groups, see Australian hospital peer groups (AIHW 2015).
Four out of every five public hospital SAB cases recorded in 2017–18 occurred in Principal referral or Public acute group A hospitals.
- Half of all SAB cases occurred in Principal referral hospitals, while 30% occurred in Public acute group A hospitals.
- A further 6% occurred in Public acute group B hospitals.
The SAB rate across all Principal referral hospitals was 1.01 cases per 10,000 patient days. In comparison, the rate across all Public acute group A hospitals was 0.73 cases per 10,000 patient days and the rate across all Public acute group B hospitals was 0.51 cases per 10,000 patient days. The SAB rate across all Children’s hospitals was 1.44 cases per 10,000 patient days.
A data visualisation allowing exploration of SAB rates in individual public hospitals by peer group is available on the MyHospitals website.
Figure PB3. SAB rates in public hospitals, MSSA and MRSA rates, peer groups, states and territories, 2017–18