Page 2466 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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Hospitals—waiting times
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Mr Hanson on Thursday, 30 July 2020):
1. The analysis presented would only be meaningful when the case mix and categorisations were the same between peer hospitals - something not present in that data.
A more useful measure is to compare median wait times for specific operations between peer major hospitals for orthopaedic surgery.
This data is available through the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) MyHospitals website for 2018-19 for orthopaedic surgery and gynaecology surgery. I am advised that the operations listed in the tables below are among the most common operations for each hospital and they are provided by way of example.
Table 1 - AIHW: Orthopaedic operations for 2018-19 Canberra Hospital against “peer” Major hospitals (AIHW definition of peer hospital type)
|
Operation |
Canberra Hospital Median wait times |
Peer “Major” Hospital Median wait times |
|
Total Hip Joint Surgery |
29 Days |
107 Days |
|
Total Knee Joint Surgery |
55 Days |
212 Days |
|
Shoulder Joint replacement |
29 Days |
28 Days |
|
Arthroscopy |
54 Days |
83 Days |
|
Anterior Cruciate repair |
32 Days |
76 Days |
Table 2 - AIHW Orthopaedic operations for 2018 for 2018-19 Calvary Hospital against “peer” metropolitan hospitals (AIHW definition of peer hospital type)
|
Operation |
Calvary Hospital Median wait times |
Peer “Metro” Hospital Median wait times |
|
Total Hip Joint Surgery |
76 Days |
117 Days |
|
Total Knee Joint Surgery |
64 Days |
171 Days |
|
Shoulder Joint replacement |
39 Days |
118 Days |
|
Arthroscopy |
55 Days |
69 Days |
|
Anterior Cruciate repair |
32 Days |
76 Days |
2. Again, it is impossible to observe the case mix and category distribution between ACT and peer hospitals. The appropriate comparison is median wait times for specific operations between peer major hospitals for gynaecology surgery.
This data is available through the AIHW MyHospitals website for 2018-19 for gynaecology surgery.
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