Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Hospital care for patients aged 85 and over, 2014–15, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 22 May 2022.
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Hospital care for patients aged 85 and over, 2014–15. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 10 March 2017, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/hospital-care-for-patients-aged-85-and-over-2014
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital care for patients aged 85 and over, 2014–15 [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2017 [cited 2022 May. 22]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/hospital-care-for-patients-aged-85-and-over-2014
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2017, Hospital care for patients aged 85 and over, 2014–15, viewed 22 May 2022, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/hospital-care-for-patients-aged-85-and-over-2014
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Information on care for patients aged 85 years and over in public and private hospitals for the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, and comparative information for the previous 10 years.
The majority (55%) of separations for patients aged 85 and over were for females
In 2014–15, people aged 85 and over (2% of the total population) accounted for 7% (690,658) of all hospital separations
The total number of separations for patients aged 85 and over almost doubled, 359,472 in 2005–06 to 690,658 in 2014–15
The average length of stay for overnight separations for patients aged 85 and over was 8.4 days
These data are from the National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD). For more information on the data drawn from the NHMD, please refer to Admitted patient care 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics.
Two NHMD data items—Care type and Additional diagnosis—capture information on palliative care. In this spotlight and the Admitted patient care series of reports Palliative care refers to separations with a Care type of Palliative care. More detailed information on the provision of palliative care is available in the AIHW's online Palliative care services in Australia publication which includes both separations with a Care type of Palliative care and/or an Additional diagnosis of Palliative care.
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