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)...

This annual statistical publication presents suicide information received from the New Zealand Mortality Collection, and admissions to hospital for intentional self-harm sourced from the New Zealand National Minimum Dataset. Introduction Suicide and suicidal behaviours continue to be a major public health issue in New Zealand. Every year more than 500 New Zealanders take their lives...

Some public hospitals spend nearly twice as much money as others to provide similar services to similar groups of patients. Overview Hospitals account for a large share of the funds Australia spends on the health sector each year. In 2011–12, about 30% of the estimated $140.2 billion that Australia spent on health was spent on...

The Travis Review was commissioned by the Minister for Health to conduct an independent statewide census of bed and theatre capacity, and to provide recommendations on how to increase the capacity of Victorian hospitals. Terms of reference The terms of reference for the Travis Review are to: 1. Perform a statewide census of hospital capacity...

Presents an overview of admitted patient activity in Australia’s public and private hospitals. Summary How much admitted patient care was provided? In 2013-14, there were more than 9.7 million separations from hospitals-5.7 million in public hospitals and 4.0 million in private hospitals. Between 2009-10 and 2013-14, the number of separations increased by 3.3% on average...