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Australia's hospitals at a glance 2016–17
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Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics
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Topic: Hospitals
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 September 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics. AIHW, 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Canberra.
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Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics provides information on people who present at emergency departments in Australia, including who used services, why they used them, and how long they had to wait for care.
- ISSN: 2205-5096 (PDF) 1036-613X (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-262-7
- Cat. no: HSE 194
- Pages: 99
Findings from this report:
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There were about 7.8 million presentations to 287 public hospital emergency departments
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73% of patients received treatment within an appropriate time for their urgency (triage) category
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72% of patients spent 4 hours or less in the emergency department