Hospitalisation Statistics

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Updated January 2009

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Title:   Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, 2009
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in Australian women with over 12,000 new cases diagnosed in 2006, and projections suggest that the number of new cases will continue to grow. A total of 2,618 women died from breast cancer in 2006, making it the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths for women.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Australian hospital statistics 2007-08
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   In 2007-08 there were: 7.9 million hospitalisations, 60% of these were in public acute hospitals; 566,000 admissions from public hospital elective surgery waiting lists with a median waiting time of 34 days; 7.1 million presentations to public hospital emergency departments, with 69% of patients seen within recommended times for their triage categories; and 1,314 public and private hospitals.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   The state of our public hospitals, June 2009 report
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report provides a snapshot of public and private hospital activity in 2007-08. It is based on data collected in 2007-08.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The NHCDC contains component costs per DRG based on patient-costed and cost-modelled information. The NHCDC enables DRG Cost Weights and average costs for DRGs for acute in-patients to be produced.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Drowning and other injuries related to aquatic activities at ages 55 years and older in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   About 100 people aged 55 years or older died annually by drowning each year in Australia over the period 1997 to 2005, equating to 28% of all drowning deaths at all ages. Males are more likely to die by drowning than females in all age categories over 55 years.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Spinal cord injury, 1999-2005
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   During the six year period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2005 19,912 hospital separations in Australia involved spinal cord injury. Almost half of all incident cases sustained an injury to the cervical spinal cord.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 2005-06
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report focuses on hospitalised falls occurring in the financial year 2005-06 and examines trends in fall-related hospitalisations over the period 1999-2006. The number of fall events resulting in hospitalisation due to injury for older Australians remains high and the rate of fall-related injury incidents is particularly high for the oldest group within this population.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Eye-related injuries in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents eye injuries from the perspectives of hospitalisations, general practice consultations, emergency department attendances, workers' compensation claims, and also as reported in national surveys.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Hospital procedures for diseases of the digestive tract in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Hospitalisation rates for diseases of the digestive system are lower among Indigenous peoples compared with other Australians. However, of those who are hospitalised with a disease of the digestive system, Indigenous people are less likely to have a procedure recorded than other Australians.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Eye health among Australian children
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report is the second in a series of national reports providing an overview of eye health in Australia. The report looks at the prevalence of eye problems among children, including vision disability, congenital anomalies and cancer.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Hospital Casemix Protocol (HCP)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The HCP data set is a valuable source of information for the private health industry.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Hospital separations due to injury and poisoning, Australia, 2004-05
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents national statistics on injuries that resulted in admission to hospitals in Australia. It includes cases discharged during the year to 30 June 2005. Unintentional falls, transport-related injury, intentional self-harm and assault are common causes of hospitalised injury in the Australian community.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Hospital separations due to traumatic brain injury, Australia 2004-05
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report describes hospitalisations for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Australia for the period 2004-2005. TBI, as distinct from head injury, is characterised by an external impact to the head that results in damage to the brain.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Eye health in Australia: a hospital perspective
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Reducing preventable vision loss has recently been identified as a priority by Australian governments and non-government organisations. The report presents information about the treatment of eye disorders in Australian hospitals. This includes trends in hospitalisations, differences across population groups, treatment costs, and waiting times.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Elective surgery in Australia: new measures of access
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Access to elective surgery in public hospitals is of interest to health providers, policy makers and the general public. This report presents a detailed picture of access to elective surgery services in Australia using combined admitted patient and elective surgery waiting times data.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Injury among young Australians
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report provides comprehensive information on injury incidence, hospitalisations and deaths among young people in Australia. It presents the most up-to-date available data, as well as trend data, on major causes of injury for this population group, including transport accidents, intentional self-harm and suicide, assault and accidental poisoning.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   The state of our public hospitals, June 2008 report
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The report provides a snapshot of public hospital activity in 2006-07. The State of Our Public Hospitals report includes a focus on Indigenous Australians in hospitals and includes a feature chapter titled State and Territory Public Hospital Performance Reporting.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Australian hospital statistics 2006-07
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The publication presents a detailed overview of public and private hospital activity in 2006-07 with summaries of changes over time. Statistics presented on admitted patient care include information on patient diagnoses, procedures, lengths of stay, and waiting times for elective surgery.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Venomous bites and stings in Australia to 2005
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report describes the bites and stings due to contact with venomous animals and plants that resulted in a separation from an Australian hospital in the period 1st July 2002 to 30th June 2005. Hospitalised bites and stings were most frequently attributed to spiders, bees and wasps while snakebites were a less frequent cause of hospitalisation.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Deaths and hospitalisations due to drowning, Australia 1999-00 to 2003-04
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents national statistics on deaths and hospitalisations due to drowning for the five-year period 1999-00 to 2003-04. Drowning occurs in a number of settings and contexts: in bodies of natural water, in swimming pools and bathtubs, in association with watercraft and as the result of intentional self-harm.
Date:   Mar 2008
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