HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES - DEC 96
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 | Sept95Quarter | June96Quarter | Sept96Quarter |
change (%) June to Sept |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital | 9136 | 9457 | 9408 | -0.5 |
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 4909 | 5241 | 4858 | -7.3 |
| Western Hospital | 14282 | 14810 | 14702 | -0.7 |
| Inner and Eastern Health Care Network | Sept95Quarter | June96Quarter | Sept96Quarter |
change (%) June to Sept |
| Alfred Healthcare Group | 10572 | 10644 | 9967 | -6.4 |
| Angliss Hospital | 6849 | 7230 | 6909 | -4.4 |
| Box Hill Hospital | 7435 | 7680 | 7670 | -0.1 |
| Maroondah Hospital | 6373 | 6423 | 6062 | -5.6 |
| St Vincent's Hospital | 6751 | 5961 | 6028 | 1.1 |
| North Eastern Health Care Network | Sept95Quarter | June96Quarter | Sept96Quarter |
change (%) June to Sept |
| Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 4 | 7919 | 9395 | 9121 | -2.9 |
| Mercy Hospital for Women | 1941 | 1904 | 1888 | -0.8 |
| Preston and Northcote Community Hospital | 8963 | 9038 | 9197 | 1.8 |
| Southern Health Care Network | Sept95Quarter | June96Quarter | Sept96Quarter |
change (%) June to Sept |
| Dandenong Hospital | 9026 | 9771 | 9245 | -5.4 |
| Monash Medical Centre | 11194 | 11330 | 11487 | 1.4 |
| Peninsula Health Care Network | Sept95Quarter | June96Quarter | Sept96Quarter |
change (%) June to Sept |
| Mornington Peninsula Hospital | 6949 | 7303 | 6810 | -6.7 |
| Women's and Children's Health Care Network | Sept95Quarter | June96Quarter | Sept96Quarter |
change (%) June to Sept |
| Royal Children's Hospital | 16204 | 15867 | 15153 | -4.5 |
| Royal Women's Hospital | 6293 | 6437 | 6479 | 0.6 |
| Non Metropolitan Hospitals | Sept95Quarter | June96Quarter | Sept96Quarter |
change (%) June to Sept |
| Ballarat Base Hospital | 7155 | 6857 | 7021 | 2.4 |
| Bendigo Health Care Group | 8862 | 5812 | 6065 | 4.3 |
| The Geelong Hospital | 8227 | 8322 | 8052 | -3.2 |
| Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 5 | 5426 | 5642 | 5355 | -5.1 |
| Latrobe Regional Hospital | 8210 | 7845 | 6781 | -13.6 |
| Total | Sept95Quarter | June96Quarter | Sept96Quarter |
change (%) June to Sept |
| 17266 | 172969 | 168258 | -2.7 |
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.
5Goulburn Valley Base Hospital includes Tatura District Hospital from July 1993 and Waranga Memorial Hospital from 1 March 1996.
Source: Victorian Inpatient Minimum Database, Agency Information Management System