Australia’s hospitals 2016–17 at a glance provides summary information on Australia’s public and private hospitals.

In 2016–17, there were 11.0 million hospitalisations in public and private hospitals combined, including 2.7 million involving surgery. Public hospitals also provided care for 7.8 million patients presenting to emergency departments, with 73% of patients seen within recommended times for their triage category and 72% completed within 4 hours.

This publication is a companion to the 2016–17 Australian hospital statistics report.