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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