Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19. Cat. no. HSE 247. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/eb1n-rn89
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19. AIHW, 2020.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19, AIHW, Canberra.
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Australia’s hospitals at a glance 2018–19 presents key statistics about Australia’s hospitals and is a companion report to the data presented in the MyHospitals section of the AIHW website.
There were 11.5 million hospitalisations in Australia’s public and private hospitals in 2018–19
In 2018–19, there were 8.4 million presentations to emergency departments
Hospitals accounted for the highest proportion of spending across all areas of health expenditure (40%)—$74 billion
54% of hospitalisations in public hospitals were same-day admissions and 72% in private hospitals
Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19
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