This report compares infection-related mortality rates and pathogens isolated for Indigenous and non-Indigenous adult patients at Alice Springs Hospital - ASH. It finds that Indigenous patients at ASH are 11 times more likely than non-Indigenous patients to die with an infectious disease. This racial disparity reflects the ongoing socioeconomic disadvantage experienced by Indigenous Australians.

This annual report on Australia's public hospitals shows they are under severe strain, with public hospital admissions increasing faster than population growth.

This report continues the comprehensive reporting of statistics on Australian hospitals by the AIHW, presenting a detailed overview of public and private hospital activity in 2006-07 with summaries of changes over time.Australian hospital statistics 2006-07 continues the comprehensive reporting of statistics on Australian hospitals by the AIHW. The publication presents a detailed overview of public...

The Transition Care Program provided additional treatment and care options following hospitalisation for patients and their families. When compared with similar groups of frail older people discharged from hospital during the same time period, those who received Transition Care had fewer re-admissions to hospital and were less likely to move into permanent residential aged care...

This report presents national statistics on deaths and hospitalisations due to drowning for the five-year period 1999-00 to 2003-04. Drowning occurs in a number of settings and contexts: in bodies of natural water, in swimming pools and bathtubs, in association with watercraft and as the result of intentional self-harm. Drownings resulting in death and hospitalisation...