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Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19
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Topic: Hospitals
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2020) Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 4 June 2026, doi:10.25816/eb1n-rn89.
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Australia’s hospitals at a glance 2018–19 presents key statistics about Australia’s hospitals and is a companion report to the data presented in the MyHospitals section of the AIHW website.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-714-1
- DOI: 10.25816/eb1n-rn89
- Cat. no: HSE 247
- Pages: 40
Findings from this report:
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Hospitals accounted for the highest proportion of spending across all areas of health expenditure (40%)—$74 billion
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There were 11.5 million hospitalisations in Australia’s public and private hospitals in 2018–19
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In 2018–19, there were 8.4 million presentations to emergency departments
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365,000 emergency admissions to hospital involved surgery