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Hospital Performance: Length of stay in public hospitals in 2011–12
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Topic: Hospitals
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Hospital Performance: Length of stay in public hospitals in 2011–12, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 September 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2013). Hospital Performance: Length of stay in public hospitals in 2011–12. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital Performance: Length of stay in public hospitals in 2011–12. AIHW, 2013.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital Performance: Length of stay in public hospitals in 2011–12. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013, Hospital Performance: Length of stay in public hospitals in 2011–12, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report shows the average length of time spent in 125 of Australia’s largest public hospitals for 16 selected conditions and procedures including childbirth, gall bladder removal and hip replacement. Focusing on patients who spent at least one night in hospital, the report finds that the average length of stay can vary by as much three or four times.
This publication was originally published by the National Health Performance Authority, which transferred its activities to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on 1 July 2016.
- ISSN: 2201-3091
- ISBN: 978-1-74186-035-1
- Cat. no: HPF 57
- Pages: 56
Findings from this report:
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Patients admitted for hip replacement can remain in hospital nearly four times longer on average
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Patients admitted for appendix and gallbladder removal can remain in hospital longer compared to similar hospitals
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Patients admitted for cellulitis can remain in hospital twice as long on average than in other similar hospitals