Admitted patient care 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics

In 2014–15, there were about 10.2 million separations in Australia’s public and private hospitals: about 6.0 million of these occurred in public hospitals; 94% of separations were for acute care and 4% for rehabilitation care. Between 2010–11 and 2014–15: the number of separations increased overall by 3.5% on average each year; by 3.2% for public hospitals and by 4.0% for private hospitals; private health insurance funded separations increased by an average of 5.9% each year and; public patient separations increased by 2.7% each year.