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Admitted patient care 2017–18
Admitted patient care 2017–18
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Topic: Hospitals
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Admitted patient care 2017–18, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 December 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Admitted patient care 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Admitted patient care 2017–18. AIHW, 2019.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Admitted patient care 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Admitted patient care 2017–18, AIHW, Canberra.
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In 2017–18, there were more than 11 million admissions to hospital—6.7 million in public hospitals and 4.5 million in private hospitals.
Between 2013–14 and 2017–18, the total number of hospital separations rose by an average of 3.8% per year from 9.7 million to 11.3 million
Public hospitals provided 92% of emergency admissions and, 41% of elective admissions. A large proportion of admissions to private hospitals were elective (81%).
Between 2013–14 and 2017–18, 3.8% on average each year—by 4.2% for public hospitals and by 3.3% for private hospitals.
- Cat. no: HSE 225
- Pages: 225
Findings from this report:
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There were 11.3 million hospitalisations
in 2017–18—60% of these occurred in public hospitals -
People aged 65 and over accounted for 42% of hospitalisations
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Hospitalisations have risen 3.8% on average per year between 2013–14 and 2017–18
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Indigenous Australians were hospitalised at 2.6 times the rate for other Australians