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Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics

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Release Date: 06 Jul 2017
Topic: Hospitals

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 December 2023.

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In 2015–16, there were 701 public hospitals in Australia accounting for about two-thirds (61,000) of all hospital beds. There were 630 private hospitals with 33,100 hospital beds. Total recurrent expenditure on public hospital services was about $64 billion. About 57% of this was for admitted patient care, 18% for outpatient care, 10% for emergency care services, 2% for teaching, training and research and 13% for all other services.

  • ISSN: 2205-5096 (PDF) 1036-613X (Print)
  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-154-5
  • Cat. no: HSE 190
  • Pages: 120
Findings from this report:
  • There were 701 public hospitals in Australia, with 61,000 hospital beds and 630 private hospitals with 33,100 beds

  • The 30 principal referral hospitals in metropolitan areas had an average of 659 beds

  • Nearly 7 in 10 public hospitals had fewer than 50 beds each

  • Total recurrent expenditure on public hospital services was about $64 billion

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