Australian hospital statistics 2013–14: emergency department care

This report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals that there were over 19,700 presentations per day in public hospital emergency departments in 2013-14 - an increase of 7.2% from the previous year.  75% of patients were "seen on time", with NSW hospitals performing best at 81%.  Nationally, the proportion of emergency department visits complete in 4 hours or less increased from 64% to 73% since the last report.  In NSW that figure increased from 60% to 74% over the past two years.  29% of emergency department patients were admitted to hospital after their ED care.

For these and many other interesting statistics, broken down to State level, access the full report. AIHW 2014. Australian hospital statistics 2013–14: emergency department care. Health services series no. 58. Cat. no. HSE 153. Canberra: AIHW.