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AIHW - Use of Emergency Department (ED) - In-hours and After-hours ED Attendances (Count) (PHN) 2013-2016

Created 31/07/2025

Updated 31/07/2025

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This dataset presents the footprint of the number of in-hours and after-hours emergency department (ED) presentations per 1,000 people. Both measures have been calculated with the numerator as the total number of eligible presentations and the denominator as the estimated resident population as at 30 June at the beginning of the reporting period. The data spans the financial years 2013-2016 and is aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). In-hours ED attendances include attendances where the patient presented to a public hospital ED on weekdays on or after 8am and before 8pm, or Saturdays on or after 8am and before 1pm (excluding public holidays). Attendances were included if the patient was assigned a triage category of 3 (urgent), 4 (semi-urgent) or 5 (non-urgent), was not subsequently admitted to hospital and had an 'emergency presentation' type of visit. After-hours ED attendances include attendances where the patient presented to a public hospital ED on weekdays before 8am or on or after 8pm, Saturdays before 8am or on or after 1pm, or any time on Sundays and public holidays. Attendances were included if the patient was assigned a triage category of 3 (urgent), 4 (semi-urgent) or 5 (non-urgent), was not subsequently admitted to hospital and had an 'emergency presentation' type of visit.

    For further information about this dataset, visit the data source:[Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Use of emergency department and GP services, 2013-14 to 2015-16 Data Tables](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/use-emergency-department-gp-services-2015-16/data)

Please note:

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the Department of Health - PHN Areas.

Values assigned to "n.p." in the original data have been removed from the data.

Data for PHN204, PHN302 and PHN601 for 2013-2015, and PHN106, PHN204, PHN302 and PHN601 for 2015-2016 should be interpreted with caution, reported data includes 90-95% of public hospital emergency service presentations for residents in these area.

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Title AIHW - Use of Emergency Department (ED) - In-hours and After-hours ED Attendances (Count) (PHN) 2013-2016
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/05b3ef0c-0a4f-4baa-bdbd-8adaa6782d79
Remote Last Updated 06/03/2025
Contact Point
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
support@aurin.org.au
Reference Period 06/03/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network "AIHW - Use of Emergency Department (ED) - In-hours and After-hours ED Attendances (Count) (PHN) 2013-2016". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.aurin.org.au/dataset/au-govt-aihw-aihw-emergency-department-attnd-per-1k-phn-2013-16-phn2015