Australian hospital statistics 2007-08 – AIHW – 10 June 2009

Australian hospital statistics 2007-08 Australian Institute for Health and Welfare  10 June 2009

From the Media release:

“Public hospital emergency department visits are increasing at a rate faster than other hospital services, according to the 14th annual report on hospitals released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

There were more than 7 million presentations to emergency departments in 2007-08, with an average annual increase of close to 5% since 2003-04.

The report, Australian hospital statistics 2007-08 shows there were 7.9 million hospital admissions (public and private) in 2007-08, with an average annual increase of 3.6% since 2003-04. ” … continues on the media release site