Admitted patient care activity

Data highlights

Hospitalisations

A hospitalisation (hospital separation) is an episode of admitted patient care, from admission to discharge, transfer, or death. A hospitalisation may be same-day (the patient commences and ends their hospitalisation on the same day) or overnight (the patient stays one or more nights in the hospital).

Total patient days

Patient days is the total number of days for all patients who were admitted for an episode of care and who were discharged during a specified reference period. A patient who is admitted and separated on the same day is allocated one patient day.

Overnight patient days

Overnight patient days includes only patient days for hospitalisation where the patient spent at least one night in hospital.

Babies born

This indicator includes the total number of babies born within public hospital maternity services and reflects overall maternity activity across the ACT public health service.

Caesarean sections

Tracking the number of babies delivered by caesarean section in ACT public hospitals helps understand maternity care practices and monitor trends in surgical births.

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