Hospitals at a glance 2017–18

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Last updated: 23 Aug 2019

Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Hospitals at a glance 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 24 February 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/hospitals-at-a-glance-2017-18

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Hospitals at a glance 2017–18. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/hospitals-at-a-glance-2017-18

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Hospitals at a glance 2017–18. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 23 August 2019, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/hospitals-at-a-glance-2017-18

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitals at a glance 2017–18 [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019 [cited 2020 Feb. 24]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/hospitals-at-a-glance-2017-18

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2019, Hospitals at a glance 2017–18, viewed 24 February 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/hospitals-at-a-glance-2017-18

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Australia’s hospitals at a glance 2017–18: Australian hospital statistics provides an overview of information about Australia’s public and private hospitals. More detailed information is available in the Australian hospitals statistics suite of products.

Findings from this report:

$71 billion (excluding depreciation) was spent on public hospital services
53% of public hospitalisations were same-day
352,000 hospitalisations involved emergency surgery
11.3 million hospitalisations in public and private hospitals combined

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