Australian hospital statistics 2012-13: elective surgery waiting times

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Release Date: 04 Oct 2013

Topic: Hospitals

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Australian hospital statistics 2012-13: elective surgery waiting times, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 June 2023.

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In 2012-13:- about 673,000 patients were admitted to Australian public hospitals from elective surgery waiting lists- 50% of patients were admitted for their surgery within 36 days of being placed on the waiting list and 90% were admitted within 265 days.

ISSN: 1036-613X
ISBN: 978-1-74249-503-3
Cat. no: HSE 140
Pages: 63

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Foreword
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
  - How much elective surgery was there in 2012-13?
  - How long did people wait for surgery?
Body section
- 1 Introduction
  - Data source
  - What's in this report?
- 2 Elective surgery activity | CH2 tables (153KB XLS)
  - How have admissions changed over time?
  - How much activity was there in 2012-13?
- 3 Waiting times for elective surgery | CH3 tables (364KB XLS)
  - How did waiting times vary over time?
  - How long did people wait for surgery in 2012-13?
End matter
- Appendixes
  - Appendix A: Data quality information | Appendix A (93KB XLS)
    - Data quality statement: National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection 2012-13
    - Variation in reporting
    - Quality of Indigenous status data
  - Appendix B: Technical notes
    - Definitions
    - Data presentation
    - Methods
    - Estimated coverage of elective surgery
  - Appendix C: Elective surgery reporting under the National Partnership Agreement on Improving
    - Public Hospital Services
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- Related publications

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