Overview This audit is the second in a series of performance audits examining hospital efficiency and has again clearly identified a number of opportunities for the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) and hospital management to collectively improve the way hospitals operate. Using a relative Stay Index (RSI) model, it has identified widespread variation...

Victorians are waiting four years or more to see specialists in public hospitals, according to this report.

Summary In 2010, 55% of 6-year-olds had experienced decay in their baby (deciduous) teeth and 48% of 12-year-olds had experienced decay in their permanent teeth. These data do not include data for New South Wales or Victoria. In 2013, 16% of adults with natural teeth had experienced toothache in the previous 12 months and 27%...

This report describes the effects of three chronic diseases - cardiovascular disease (CVD) (including coronary heart disease and stroke), diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) - on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, and compares this population with the non-Indigenous population. Higher levels of important health risk factors In 2011-13, Indigenous adults were 2.6...

Summary How much emergency department activity was there? In 2014-15, there were about 7.4 million presentations to the 290 Australian public hospital emergency departments that reported to the National Non-Admitted Patient Emergency Department Care Database; this corresponded to over 20,000 presentations each day. Between 2010-11 and 2014-15, emergency department presentations increased by 4.5% on average...