Table of contents

  • Introduction
  • Public and private hospitals
    • How many hospitals are there?
    • How diverse are public hospitals?
    • How many people are employed in Australia's hospitals?
    • How much do hospitals spend?
    • How are our hospital services funded?
  • What services do Australia's hospitals provide?
  • Emergency department services
    • Hospital performance: waiting times for emergency department care—proportion seen on time
    • Hospital performance: waiting times for emergency department care—proportion completed within 4 hours
    • Hospital performance: admission to hospital from emergency departments
  • Outpatient services
  • Admitted patient care
    • How has this activity changed over time?
    • How urgent was the care?
    • Who used these services?
    • Why did people receive this care?
    • What care was provided?
      • Hospital performance: rates of service—hospital procedures
    • What was the safety and quality ofthe care?
      • Hospital performance: adverse events
      • Hospital performance: unplanned/unexpected readmissions within 28 days of selected surgical procedures
      • Hospital performance: healthcare-associated infections—Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in public hospitals
    • How long did patients stay?
      • Hospital performance: relative stay index
      • Hospital performance: average length of stay for selected types of separations
    • Who paid for the care?
    • How was the care completed?
  • Surgery in Australia's hospitals
    • How urgent was the care?
    • How many patients were admitted for elective surgery from public hospital waiting lists?
    • Hospital performance: waiting times for elective surgery
  • Related information 
  • References