HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES - MAR97
Patients treated in the emergency departments of each of our major public hospitals
Patients treated in hospital emergency departments, by individual hospitals1, 2, 3
Inner and Eastern Health Care Network
North Eastern Health Care Network
Women's and Children's Health Care Network
| Western Health Care Network | Dec 95 Quarter | Sep 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | change (%) Sept to Dec 96 |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital | 9420 | 9408 | 9661 | 2.7 |
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 5187 | 4858 | 5248 | 8.0 |
| Western Hospital | 14289 1 | 4702 | 14867 | 1.1 |
| Inner and Eastern Health Care Network | Dec 95 Quarter | Sep 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | change (%) Sept to Dec 96 |
| Alfred Healthcare Group | 10636 | 9967 | 10450 | 4.8 |
| Angliss Hospital | 6938 | 6909 | 7680 | 11.2 |
| Box Hill Hospital | 7608 | 7670 | 7900 | 3.0 |
| Maroondah Hospital | 6621 | 6062 | 6677 | 10.1 |
| St Vincent's Hospital | 5957 | 6028 | 5913 | –1.9 |
| North Eastern Health Care Network | Dec 95 Quarter | Sep 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | change (%) Sept to Dec 96 |
| Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 4 | 9621 | 9121 | 9296 | 1.9 |
| Mercy Hospital for Women | 1920 | 1888 | 1919 | 1.6 |
| Preston and Northcote Community Hospital | 9151 | 9197 | 9437 | 2.6 |
| Southern Health Care Network | Dec 95 Quarter | Sep 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | change (%) Sept to Dec 96 |
| Dandenong Hospital | 9156 . | 9245 | 9217 | –0.3 |
| Monash Medical Centre | 11383 | 11487 | 11618 | 1.1 |
| Peninsula Health Care Network | Dec 95 Quarter | Sep 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | change (%) Sept to Dec 96 |
| Mornington Peninsula Hospital | 6899 | 6810 | 7010 | 2.9 |
| Women's and Children's Health Care Network | Dec 95 Quarter | Sep 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | change (%) Sept to Dec 96 |
| Royal Children's Hospital | 13530 | 15153 | 13864 | –8.5 |
| Royal Women's Hospital | 6129 | 6479 | 6391 | –1.4 |
| Non Metropolitan Hospitals | Dec 95 Quarter | Sep 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | change (%) Sept to Dec 96 |
| Ballarat Base Hospital | 6558 | 7021 | 7570 | 7.8 |
| Bendigo Health Care Group | 5677 | 6065 | 6165 | 1.6 |
| The Geelong Hospital | 8355 | 8052 | 8270 | 2.7 |
| Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 5 | 5530 | 5355 | 5217 | –2.6 |
| Latrobe Regional Hospital | 8513 | 6781 | 7182 | 5.9 |
| Total | Dec 95 Quarter | Sep 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | change (%) Sept to Dec 96 |
| 169078 | 168258 | 171552 | 2.0 |
1 The data are only for hospitals participating in the Emergency Services Enhancement Program.
2 The data are for all emergency department services, that is, they include patients who are subsequently admitted to hospital and patients who are treated in the emergency department without needing to be admitted to hospital.
3 Note that some hospitals have multiple campuses and may operate separate emergency departments on each campus.
4 Data shown for Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre are for the Austin Hospital campus only.
5 Goulburn Valley Base Hospital includes Tatura District Hospital from July 1993 and Waranga Memorial Hospital from 1 March 1996.
Source: Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset, Agency Information Management System