Introduction
Report period
This report covers the period July 2011 to June 2012, and includes six months before the NEAT target commenced in January 2012. The next six-monthly report will cover July 2012 to December 2012.
Table 1: Hospital peer groups used to compare time spent in ED#
| Major metropolitan hospitals |
Metropolitan hospitals with >20,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and>20,000 ED presentations per annum. |
| Major regional hospitals |
Regional hospitals with >16,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and >20,000 ED presentations per annum. |
| Large metropolitan hospitals |
Metropolitan acute hospitals treating >10,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and >20,000 ED presentations per annum. |
| Large regional hospitals |
Large regional acute hospitals treating >8,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and >20,000 ED presentations per annum. |
| Medium hospitals |
Medium acute hospitals in metropolitan and regional areas treating between 5,000 and 10,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and >20,000 ED presentations per annum. |