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Elective surgery waiting times 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics

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Release Date: 01 Dec 2016
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016. Elective surgery waiting times 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics. Cat. no. HSE 183. Canberra: AIHW.

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In 2015-16: about 712, 000 patients were admitted to Australian public hospitals from elective surgery waiting lists; 50% of patients were admitted within 37 days, and 90% within 260 days; about 2.0% of patients had waited more than a year for their surgery, an improvement compared with 2.7% in 2011–12.

  • ISSN: 2205-5096 1036-613X
  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-050-0
  • Cat. no: HSE 183
  • Pages: 86
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Elective surgery waiting times 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics

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  • Elective surgery waiting times 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics 15 Oct 2015
  • Australian hospital statistics 2013–14: elective surgery waiting times 20 Oct 2014
  • Australian hospital statistics 2012-13: elective surgery waiting times 04 Oct 2013
  • Australian hospital statistics 2011-12: elective surgery waiting times 16 Oct 2012

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