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Australian hospital statistics 2012-13: emergency department care

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Release Date: 18 Oct 2013
Topic: Hospitals
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Australian hospital statistics 2012-13: emergency department care, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 September 2023.

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In 2012-13: - There were more than 6.7 million presentations to public hospital emergency departments - 73% of patients received treatment within an appropriate time for their urgency (triage) category - 67% of patients spent 4 hours or less in the emergency department - 1.8 million patients were admitted to the hospital from the emergency department, and 36% of these were admitted within 4 hours.

  • ISSN: 1036-613X
  • ISBN: 978-1-74249-505-7
  • Cat. no: HSE 142
  • Pages: 68
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