Table of contents

  • Preliminary material 
    • Title and verso pages
    • Foreword
    • Contents
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Hospitals at a glance
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
    2. Overview of Australian hospitals 1
    3. Public hospital establishments 
    4. Hospital performance indicators 1
    5. Non-admitted patient emergency department care 
    6. Waiting times for elective surgery 
    7. Administrative data for admitted patients 
    8. Demographic profile for admitted patients 
    9. Principal diagnoses for admitted patients
    10. Procedures for admitted patients 
    11. External causes for admitted patients 
    12. Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups for admitted patients 
  • End matter 
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Technical notes 
      • Appendix 2: Hospitals contributing to this report and public hospital peer groups 
      • Appendix 3: National Hospital Cost Data Collection 
      • Appendix 4: Service related groups 
      • Appendix 5: Service Related Groups 
      • Appendix 6: National Hospital Cost Data Collection
    • List of tables 
    • List of figures 
    • Glossary
    • References 
    • Index