Hospital Performance: Time patients spent in emergency departments in 2012–13 Update
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Topic: Hospitals
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Hospital Performance: Time patients spent in emergency departments in 2012–13 Update, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Hospital Performance: Time patients spent in emergency departments in 2012–13 Update. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital Performance: Time patients spent in emergency departments in 2012–13 Update. AIHW, 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital Performance: Time patients spent in emergency departments in 2012–13 Update. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Hospital Performance: Time patients spent in emergency departments in 2012–13 Update, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report found marked improvements in the percentage of patients departing emergency departments (ED) within four hours across major metropolitan public hospitals. In the highest-performing major metropolitan hospitals over 80% of patients departed ED within four hours in Oct–Dec 2013, up from 70% two years previously.
This publication was originally published by the National Health Performance Authority, which transferred its activities to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on 1 July 2016.
- ISSN: 2203-6008
- Cat. no: HPF 58
- Pages: 10
Findings from this report:
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The latest available information on the time
patients spent in ED at 112 of Australia’s major and large hospitals -
Quarterly data presented at hospital level for 52 major metropolitan and 27 major regional hospitals across 5 quarters
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Data include the addition of three new quarters: April–June 2013, July–September 2013, and October–December 2013
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Annual data are presented at hospital level for 79 major and 33 large hospitals by state and territory in 2012 and 2013