Non-admitted patient care 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics

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Release Date: 29 Jul 2016

Topic: Hospitals

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Non-admitted patient care 2014–15: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 31 March 2023.

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In 2014–15, about 34.9 million non-admitted patient service events were provided by Australia’s public hospitals. About 46% of non-admitted patient service events occurred in Allied health and/or clinical nurse specialist clinics, 30% were in Medical consultation clinics, 13% in Procedural clinics and 10% in Stand-alone diagnostic clinics.

ISSN: 2205-5096 (PDF) 1036-613X (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-74249-965-9
Cat. no: HSE 174
Pages: 73

Findings from this report:

10% of events were for diagnostic services including pathology and general imaging
13% of events took place in procedural clinics including dental and radiation oncology
30% of events were in medical consultation clinics including orthopaedics and medical oncology
34.9 million non-admitted patient service events were provided by 610 public hospitals and 41 othe services

Preliminary material
- Foreword
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
  - How much non-admitted patient activity was reported?
  - What services were provided?
  - Who used these services?
  - How were the services funded?
Body section
- 1 Introduction
  - 1.1 What's in this report?
  - 1.2 What data are reported?
  - 1.3 Where to go for more information
- 2 Overview-non-admitted care service events
  - Key findings
  - 2.1 How many non-admitted patient service events were provided in 2014–15?
  - 2.2 What types of clinics provided services?
  - 2.3 Who used these services?
  - 2.4 How were the services provided?
- 3 Procedural clinics
  - Key findings
  - How many hospitals had non-admitted patient procedural clinics in 2014–15?
  - How many non-admitted patient service events occurred in procedural clinics in 2014–15?
  - What types of procedural clinics provided services?
  - How were service events in procedural clinics funded?
- 4 Medical consultation clinics
  - Key findings
  - How many hospitals provided medical consultation clinics for non-admitted patients?
  - How many non-admitted patient service events occurred in a medical consultation clinic in 2014–15?
  - What types of medical consultation clinics provided services?
  - How were service events in medical consultation clinics funded?
- 5 Stand-alone diagnostic clinics
  - Key findings
  - How many hospitals provided stand-alone diagnostic clinics for non-admitted patients?
  - How many non-admitted patient service events occurred in stand-alone diagnostic clinics in 2014–15?
  - What type of stand-alone diagnostic clinics provided services?
  - How were service events in stand-alone diagnostic clinics funded?
- 6 Allied health and/or clinical nurse specialist clinics
  - Key findings
  - How many hospitals provided allied health and/or clinical nurse specialist clinics for non-admitted patients?
  - How many non-admitted patient service events occurred in allied health and/or clinical nurse specialist clinics in 2014–15?
  - What types of allied health and/or clinical nurse specialist clinics provided services?
  - How were service events in allied health and/or clinical nurse specialist clinics funded?
End matter
- Appendix A: Data Quality Statement summaries
  - National Non-admitted Patient Care (aggregate) Database
  - National Non-admitted Patient (episode-level) Database
- Appendix B: Technical information
  - Definitions and classifications
  - Presentation of data
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- Related publications

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