Australian private hospital admissions rising faster than public
16-Mar-16, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The number of admissions increased by 3.2% on average each year for public hospitals and 4.0% for private hospitals between 2010-11 and 2014-15, a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has found.
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The report shows that of the 10.2 million admissions to hospitals in 2014-15, 6 million were in public hospitals and 4.2 million were in private hospitals.
'While the majority of hospital admissions in Australia in 2014-15 were to public hospitals, the number of admissions to private hospitals is increasing at a faster rate,' said AIHW spokesperson Jenny Hargreaves.
The number of admissions for public patients increased by an average of 2.7% each year, compared with 5.9% for admissions funded by private health insurance.