The report shows that overall, Australian Government funded Indigenous-specific primary health-care services appear to be well positioned relative to the geographic distribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to the distribution of other GP services.

Overview: Australia’s hospitals 2013–14 at a glance provides information on Australia’s public and private hospitals. In 2013–14, there were 9.7 million hospitalisations, including 2.5 million involving surgery. Public hospitals provided care for 7.2 presentations to emergency departments, with 74% of patients seen within recommended times for their triage category and about 73% were completed within...

Presents a detailed overview of public and private hospital resources in Australia. Numbers of hospitals In 2013-14, there were approximately 1,359 hospitals in Australia. There were 747 public hospitals, which accounted for about 65% of hospital beds (58,600). In 2013-14, there were 612 private hospitals, which accounted for about 35% of beds (31,000). How diverse...

In 2013–14, about 46 million occasions of service were provided for non-admitted patients by 558 public hospitals. Summary Non-admitted patient care includes emergency occasions of service for non-admitted patients, outpatient care (including specialist clinics) and other non-admitted patient care (such as the dispensing of medication, provision of diagnostic procedures, district nursing and community health services)...

Presents statistics on the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program for Australians invited to take part between July 2013 and June 2014. Summary The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality from bowel cancer by actively recruiting and screening the target population for early detection or prevention of the disease...