Australian hospital statistics 2013–14: emergency department care

In 2013–14: there were almost 7.2 million presentations to public hospital emergency departments; 75% of patients received treatment within an appropriate time for their urgency (triage) category; 73% of patients spent 4 hours or less in the emergency department; 2 million patients were admitted to the hospital from the emergency department, and 45% of these were admitted within 4 hours.