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Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

This is a public hospital

Member of Austin Health

Address:
 145 Studley Road
Heidelberg, VIC 3084
Phone: 03 9496 5000
Go to this hospital's website (external link, opens in a new window) [http://www.austin.org.au]

Elective surgery

Plastic surgery for July 2011–June 2012

Plastic surgery involves the modification or reconstruction of the visible physical features of the body. It is commonly performed on people who have suffered severe injuries or burns, people who were born with physical malformations, or people whose physical appearance has been affected by a disease. This page presents statistics relating to the hospital's performance of plastic surgery overall. It does not include operations done for cosmetic reasons only.

Waiting times provide an indication of access to elective surgery. The information presented here refers to the time spent on a waiting list by people who received elective surgery in this hospital between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.

Median waiting times for elective surgery

The median waiting time is the number of days within which half of all patients at this hospital received their surgery.

All plastic surgery

23 days compared to the national average of 24 days
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 23 days 24 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2010-11 23 days 24 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2009-10 17 days 22 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

People waiting more than 365 days for elective surgery

This shows the percentage of people who received elective surgery at this hospital during the 2011-12 year who had been waiting for more than one year (365 days) for their surgery.

All plastic surgery

3.1% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 2.8%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
See previous years' data
Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 3.1% 2.8% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2010-11 0.6% 2.1% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2009-10 1.0% 2.7% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Number of elective surgeries

The following graph shows the number of admissions for elective surgery for patients on a waiting list managed by the hospital. It does not include people on the waiting list who were admitted for surgery on an emergency basis, or people who received elective surgery without being placed on the hospital's waiting list.

Surgical specialty Number of surgeries
All plastic surgery 1,529
Number of elective surgeries for this hospital
Surgical specialty Year Number of surgeries
All plastic surgery 2011-12 1,529
All plastic surgery 2010-11 1,707
All plastic surgery 2009-10 1,772
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