Patient Admissions

From the AIHW site , the data is generated and updated on this platform weekly. For admissions where the result was <5, we have converted it to '4'.

An admission refers to the administrative process by which a hospital records the commencement of a new episode of care (stay). Admissions are presented in the following categories: Childbirth – defined as stays that have a caesarean delivery or vaginal delivery (with and without operating room procedure) AR-DRG Surgical – defined as stays that have a surgical AR-DRG Medical – defined as stays that have a medical AR-DRG Other acute care – defined as stays that have neither a surgical nor a medical AR-DRG Surgical, medical and other acute care stays are further divided into ‘emergency’ and ‘other’, based on the recorded urgency of admission – that is, whether an admission was considered to be necessary within 24 hours (emergency) or not (other) Mental health – defined as stays that include psychiatric care days (prior to 2015–16), or stays that include psychiatric care days or have a mental health care type (2015–16), or stays that have a mental health care type (2016–17) Rehabilitation care – defined as stays that have a rehabilitation care type Palliative care – defined as stays that have a palliative care type Other subacute and non-acute care – defined as stays that have a geriatric evaluation and management, psychogeriatric or maintenance care type.