This report provides a snapshot of Australian public and private hospital activity in 2007-08.

As well as overview material the report includes four feature chapters. The first provides information about hospital reform directions agreed between the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments. The second provides information on the number and type of maternity services provided by hospitals and their associated costs. The third describes Indigenous hospital use compared to that of other Australians. And the final feature chapter includes details of state and territory online hospital reporting.