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In 2012, WHO initiated a five‐year project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with the aim of developing the evidence base on maternal morbidity through improving the scientific basis for defining, measuring (and estimating), and monitoring it. The aim was to close the gap between measuring morbidity for programmatic purposes and assessing its actual impact on a woman's life The International Journal
of Gynecology & Obstetrics has published a new Supplement on reconceptualising and measuring maternal morbidity,
published in conjunction with the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and
Research as a result of the project.
In May each year the
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare releases its report on admitted
patient care in Australian hospitals. In 2016–17, the majority of
admissions to public hospitals (83% or 5.5 million) were for public patients with admissions rising by 4.3% on
average each year for public hospitals and 3.6% for private hospitals between
2012–13 and 2016–17. Public hospitals accounted
for the majority of emergency admissions (92%), medical admissions (77%) and
childbirth admissions (76%) in 2016-17. ‘By contrast, 59% of admissions for
surgery were in private hospitals. Overall, the average length of stay in 2016-17 was 3.2 days in public hospitals and 2.2 days in private hospitals.
Australians want ownership
and control of their own health data and want to be asked for consent when
their data is used by either government, private companies or researchers. This
stand-out finding was revealed in the Engaging Consumers in their Health Data Journey Report jointly published by
Consumers Health Forum and NPS MedicineWise.
The fourth year of results
from the Emergency Department Patient Survey are now available on Healthcare
Observer. The 2016–17 data reflects the experiences of almost 18,000 patients who
attended an emergency department at one of 82 NSW public hospitals.
Many
women experience depression during and after pregnancy, and it’s important to
learn the symptoms of depression and to seek treatment if needed. Some people may experience a few symptoms, and others might experience many. How often symptoms occur, how long they last, and how intense they may feel can be different for each person.
This
report focuses on trends in fall-related hospital care for people aged 65 and
over from 2002-03 to 2014-15. Age-standardised rates of hospitalised fall
injury cases increased over the period 2002-03 to 2014-15 for both men (3% per
year) and women (2%). There was a decrease in the rate of hip fractures due to
falls (-2% per year) between 2002-03 and 2014-15. In contrast, falls resulting
in head injuries increased at a particularly high rate (7% per year).
