Table of contents
- Introduction
- Public and private hospitals
- How many hospitals are there?
- How diverse are public hospitals?
- How many people are employed in Australia's hospitals?
- How much do hospitals spend?
- How are our hospital services funded?
- What services do Australia's hospitals provide?
- Emergency department services
- Hospital performance: waiting times for emergency department care—proportion seen on time
- Hospital performance: waiting times for emergency department care—proportion completed within 4 hours
- Hospital performance: admission to hospital from emergency departments
- Outpatient services
- Admitted patient care
- How has this activity changed over time?
- How urgent was the care?
- Who used these services?
- Why did people receive this care?
- What care was provided?
- Hospital performance: rates of service—hospital procedures
- What was the safety and quality ofthe care?
- Hospital performance: adverse events
- Hospital performance: unplanned/unexpected readmissions within 28 days of selected surgical procedures
- Hospital performance: healthcare-associated infections—Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in public hospitals
- How long did patients stay?
- Hospital performance: relative stay index
- Hospital performance: average length of stay for selected types of separations
- Who paid for the care?
- How was the care completed?
- Surgery in Australia's hospitals
- How urgent was the care?
- How many patients were admitted for elective surgery from public hospital waiting lists?
- Hospital performance: waiting times for elective surgery
- Related information
- References