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Hospital resources 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Hospital resources 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 15 September 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Hospital resources 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital resources 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics. AIHW, 2016.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital resources 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Hospital resources 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Canberra.
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Hospital resources 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics presents a detailed overview of public and private hospital resources in Australia. In 2014–15, there were: 698 public hospitals: with over 60,300 beds, and accounting for more than $57 billion of recurrent expenditure (including depreciation) ; 624 private hospitals: with almost 32,000 beds, and accounting for more than $12 billion of expenditure.
302,000 full-time equivalent staff were employed in public hospitals and 64,400 staff in private hospitals
57% of recurrent expenditure was for admitted patient care, 17% for outpatient care and 10% for emergency care
There were 698 public hospitals in Australia, with 60,300 hospital beds and 624 private hospitals with 32,000 beds
Services included 81 intensive care units (level III), and 27 neonatal intensive care units (level III)
Hospital resources 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics