The State of Our Public Hospitals: June 2008 Report released

This report provides a snapshot of public hospital activity in 2006-07. It includes a focus on Indigenous Australians in hospitals and includes a feature chapter titled State and Territory Public Hospital Performance Reporting.

The aim of the report is to inform the Australian public about the performance of hospitals by providing information on the hospitals, their patients and the range of services provided.

Some statistics from 2006-2007 are:

  • There were 4.7 million admissions to public hospitals
  • 556,770 patients were admitted from waiting lists for elective surgery procedures, with a median waiting time of 32 days. 84 per cent of these were seen within the time recommended for their procedure
  • 6.7 million people received accident and emergency services in public hospitals

Chapters in the report are:

1. Our hospitals
2. Our patients
3. Our surgery
4. Our emergency departments
5. Our outpatients
6. Indigenous Australians in hospital
7. State and Territory public hospital performance reporting

The complete report or individual chapters may be viewed at The State of Our Public Hospitals: June 2008 Report

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Created 11 July 2008

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