Australian hospital statistics 2012–13: private hospitals

Australian hospital statistics 2012–13: private hospitals is a new report in AIHW’s series of summary reports describing the characteristics and activity of Australia’s hospitals, focused on the role of private hospitals in Australia. In 2012–13, 41% of all separations occurred in private hospitals. From 2003–04 to 2012–13, the total number of private hospital separations increased by 46% from 2.64 million to 3.84 million. During this period, the number of same-day separations in private hospitals increased 60% from 1.65 million to 2.65 million separations and overnight separations increased 21% from 986,000 to 1.20 million.