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Australian hospital statistics 2007-08
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2009) Australian hospital statistics 2007-08, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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Australian hospital statistics 2007-08 presents a broad range of information on Australian public and private hospitals. In 2007-08 there were: 7.9 million hospitalisations, 60% of these were in public acute hospitals; 566,000 admissions from public hospital elective surgery waiting lists with a median waiting time of 34 days; 7.1 million presentations to public hospital emergency departments, with 69% of patients seen within recommended times for their triage categories; and 1,314 public and private hospitals. Public hospital expenditure was $29 billion.
- ISSN: 1036-613X
- ISBN: 978 1 74024 931 7
- Cat. no: HSE 71
- Pages: 416