Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics., AIHW, Australian Government.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics. AIHW, 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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.
There were about 7.8 million presentations to 287 public hospital emergency departments
72% of patients spent 4 hours or less in the emergency department
73% of patients received treatment within an appropriate time for their urgency (triage) category
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