Number of overnight separations
This item has been retired and is not recommended for use by any registration authority.
Definition
Number of overnight hospital separations per 1,000 population
Indicator Summary
Overnight separation: Length of stay in hospital was at least one night (admission date and separation date are different).
Excludes newborns without qualified days.
Rates are directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.
Analysis by state and territory is based on location of service.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual …
2009–10—Nationally, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles
2007–08 (resupplied for revised Indigenous and SEIFA analysis), and 2009–10—State and territory, by:
- hospital sector
- Indigenous status
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- SEIFA IRSD quintiles
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication. National disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
Calculation rules
- Description
Overnight separation: Length of stay in hospital was at least one night (admission date and separation date are different).
Excludes newborns without qualified days.
Rates are directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.
Analysis by state and territory is based on location of service.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person.
Presented per 1,000 population.
Number of overnight separations
Total population
2009–10—Nationally, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles
2007–08 (resupplied for revised Indigenous and SEIFA analysis), and 2009–10—State and territory, by:
- hospital sector
- Indigenous status
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- SEIFA IRSD quintiles
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication. National disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
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