Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Elective surgery waiting times 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 September 2022.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Elective surgery waiting times 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Elective surgery waiting times 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics. AIHW, 2015.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Elective surgery waiting times 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Elective surgery waiting times 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Canberra.
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In 2014–15: about 700,000 patients were admitted to Australian public hospitals from elective surgery waiting lists; 50% of patients were admitted for their surgery within 35 days; fewer than 2% of patients waited more than a year for their surgery.
50% of patients were admitted within 36 days, and 90% within 253 days of being placed on a waiting list
People waited the longest for Ear, nose and throat surgery, Ophthalmology, and Orthopaedic surgery
Between 2011–12 and 2014–15 admissions from elective surgery lists increased by about 1.8% each year
698,000 patients were admitted to public hospitals from elective surgery waiting lists
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