Hospitals and other health care services statistics

The websites below provide useful information on the use of hospitals and the performance of the hospital system:

• National hospital activity statistics - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Australian hospital statistics.
• National hospital activity statistics and publications - Department of Health and Wellbeing - reports and publications about the state of public hospitals in South Australia.
• National health expenditure - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - information about health expenditure in Australia.
• Elective surgery - information about waiting times for elective surgery.

The following quarterly reports provide further information:

• Separations from public hospitals by quarter (PDF 98KB)
• Patient days for public hospitals by quarter (PDF 100KB)
• Average length of stay for public hospitals by quarter (PDF 98KB)
• Average daily number of inpatients for major metropolitan hospitals by quarter (PDF 20KB)

This information is historical. For up-to-date data please visit the Our hospital dashboards page.