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Australia's hospitals 2014–15 at a glance
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Topic: Hospitals
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2016) Australia's hospitals 2014–15 at a glance, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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Australia’s hospitals 2014–15 at a glance provides summary information on Australia’s public and private hospitals. In 2014–15, there were 10.2 million hospitalisations, including 2.5 million involving surgery. Public hospitals provided care for 7.4 million presentations to emergency departments, with 74% of patients seen within recommended times for their triage category and about 73% completed within 4 hours. This publication is a companion to the 2014–15 Australian hospital statistics suite of publications.
- ISSN: 2205-5096 (PDF) 1036-613X (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-967-3
- Cat. no: HSE 175
- Pages: 36
Findings from this report:
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1 in 4 hospitalisations involved surgery. 60% of surgery took place in private hospitals
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1 in 4 hospitalisations were emergency admissions
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10.2 million hospitalisations (6.0 million in public hospitals, 4.2 million in private hospitals)
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131,000 hospitalisations involved a stay in intensive care