The 2024 Public Hospital Report Card utilises data from two sources: The Australian Institute of Welfare, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Rather than referencing each graph individually, this section provides a guide for the data sources referenced throughout the report card.
All population data are taken from current and past ABS “National, state and territory population” data downloads. The most up to date version at the time of publication is;
Note that some figures and statistics have been calculated internally by the AMA using the referenced sources.
Figure 1: Australian Population compared to Public Hospital Beds for every 10,000 Australians
Figure 2; Population compared to public hospital patient days – by age
Figure 3: Australian Public Hospital beds per 100 population, aged 65 and over:
Figures 4 & 5:
Figure 6: Median waiting time for elective surgery (days):
Figure 7; National Category 2 planned surgery admissions – proportion seen on time compared to 2 year moving average of surgeries completed in person.
Figures 8 and 9:
Note that all state and territory figures use the same data sources to compare state-by-stateperformance. Tables 1 and 2 from each section provide a summary of each state’s results in comparison to the previous year and this year’s national average.
Figures 3 & 4:
Figures 5 & 6:
Figures 7 & 8: