HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES - JUN97
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 | Mar 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | Mar 97 Quarter | change (%) Dec 96 to Mar 97 |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital | 12754 | 9661 | 9987 | 3.4 |
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 5018 | 5248 | 5321 | 1.4 |
| Western Hospital | 13759 | 14867 | 14808 | -0.4 |
| Inner and Eastern Health Care Network | Mar 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | Mar 97 Quarter | change (%) Dec 96 to Mar 97 |
| Alfred Healthcare Group | 10920 | 10450 | 10048 | -3.8 |
| Angliss Hospital | 7166 | 7680 | 7512 | -2.2 |
| Box Hill Hospital | 7419 | 7900 | 8043 | 1.8 |
| Maroondah Hospital | 6435 | 6677 | 6707 | 0.4 |
| St Vincent's Hospital | 6224 | 5913 | 5592 | -5.4 |
| North Eastern Health Care Network | Mar 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | Mar 97 Quarter | change (%) Dec 96 to Mar 97 |
| Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre | 9358 | 9296 | 8819 | -5.1 |
| Mercy Hospital for Women | 2040 | 1919 | 1867 | -2.7 |
| Preston and Northcote Community Hospital | 9045 | 9437 | 9409 | -0.3 |
| Southern Health Care Network | Mar 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | Mar 97 Quarter | change (%) Dec 96 to Mar 97 |
| Dandenong Hospital | 9255 | 9217 | 9903 | 7.4 |
| Monash Medical Centre | 10532 | 11618 | 12058 | 3.8 |
| Peninsula Health Care Network | Mar 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | Mar 97 Quarter | change (%) Dec 96 to Mar 97 |
| Frankston Hospital | 7220 | 7010 | 7080 | 1.0 |
| Women's and Children's Health Care Network | Mar 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | Mar 97 Quarter | change (%) Dec 96 to Mar 97 |
| Royal Children's Hospital | 8825 | 13864 | 12988 | -6.3 |
| Royal Women's Hospital | 6596 | 6391 | 6212 | -2.8 |
| Non Metropolitan Hospitals | Mar 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | Mar 97 Quarter | change (%) Dec 96 to Mar 97 |
| Ballarat Base Hospital | 6412 | 7570 | 7541 | -0.4 |
| Bendigo Health Care Group | 5490 | 6165 | 6683 | 60.7 |
| The Geelong Hospital | 8364 | 8270 | 8759 | 5.9 |
| Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 4 | 5924 | 5217 | 5648 | 8.3 |
| Latrobe Regional Hospital | 8247 | 7182 | 7389 | 2.9 |
| Total | Mar 96 Quarter | Dec 96 Quarter | Mar 97 Quarter | change (%) Dec 96 to Mar 97 |
| 167003 | 171552 | 172374 | 0.5 |
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 Goulburn Valley Base Hospital includes Waranga Memorial Hospital from 1 March 1996.
Source: Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset, Agency Information Management System