Emergency department care 2015-16

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has published a new report on emergency department care. In 2015-16, there were 7.5 million presentations to public hospital emergency departments across Australia (excluding the Australian Capital Territory), or more than 20,000 presentations each day.

• 74% of patients received treatment within an appropriate time for their urgency (triage) category;
• 73% of patients spent 4 hours or less in the emergency department;
• 2.2 million patients were admitted to hospital from the emergency department, and 49% of these were admitted within 4 hours.

Download the report for free: Emergency department care 2015-16: Australian hospital  statistics. AIHW catalogue number [HSE 182].