10.6 millionhospitalisations occurred in public and private hospitals in 2015–16—25% involved a surgical procedure
7.5 millionpresentations were made to public hospital emergency departments, or more than 20,000 presentations each day
1,440cases of hospital-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) were reported in Australian public hospitals
30 milliondays of admitted patient care were provided—20.2 million in public hospitals and 9.7 million in private hospitals
712,000patients were admitted to public hospitals from elective surgery waiting lists—50% of patients were admitted within 37 days
22,700hospitalisations in 2014–15 involved weight loss surgery procedures—7 in 8 of these were in private hospitals