Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Foreword
    • List of tables
    • Acknowledgements
    • Contents
  • Chapters
    1. Introduction
    2. Data sources and methods
      • Measures of waiting times
      • Definitions
      • State and Territory data coverage and supply
      • Data validation by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
      • Data presented
    3. State and Territory overview
      • Patients admitted from waiting lists after extended waits
      • Patients on waiting lists on 30 June 1999 with extended waits
    4. Specialty of surgeon
      • Overview
      • Clinical urgency category 1 patients admitted from waiting lists for elective surgery
      • Clinical urgency category 1 patients on waiting lists on 30 June 1999
      • Admissions from waiting lists and patients on waiting lists
    5. Indicator procedure
      • Overview
      • Clinical urgency category 1 patients admitted from waiting lists for elective surgery
      • Clinical urgency category 1 patients on waiting lists on 30 June 1999
      • Admissions from waiting lists and patients on waiting lists
    6. Data development
  • End matter
    • Glossary
    • References