HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO ELECTIVE SURGERY- JUN97

How much of total hospital activity comes from the waiting list?

Separations by admission type: December 1996 Quarter1

1 Percentages may not add due to rounding.

2 Patients on the waiting list who are treated during the quarter: Treated patients includes cases taken off the waiting list when they have undergone the planned procedure as well as cases booked to undergo the planned procedure and cases in which the previously intended procedure is cancelled.

3 Includes maternity and newborns admissions.

Source: Victorian Inpatient Minimum Database, hospital waiting list returns.