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aihw 2020. Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19. Cat. no. HSE 247. Canberra: AIHW.
aihw. (2020). Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19. Canberra: AIHW.
aihw. Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19. AIHW, 2020.
aihw. Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.
aihw 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.
Hospitals accounted for the highest proportion of spending across all areas of health expenditure (40%)—$74 billion
In 2018–19, there were 8.4 million presentations to emergency departments
365,000 emergency admissions to hospital involved surgery
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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