In Australia in the financial year 2023, the average waiting time for indigenous emergency patients when presenting at a hospital emergency room was seven minutes in New South Wales, and nine minutes in the Northern Territory.
Average waiting time for indigenous patients in emergency departments in Australia in 2023, by state or territory
Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the stated year; for example, financial year 2021 starts on July 1, 2020 and ends on June 30, 2021.
Records were excluded from the calculation of waiting time if the patient did not wait to be attended to by a health care professional, was dead on arrival, was registered, advised of another health care service, and left the emergency department without being attended to by a health care professional, or if the waiting time could not be calculated, or the triage category was unknown.
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AIHW. (December 6, 2023). Average waiting time for indigenous patients in emergency departments in Australia in 2023, by state or territory [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328100/australia-average-waiting-time-for-indigenous-patients-in-emergency-departments-by-state/
AIHW. "Average waiting time for indigenous patients in emergency departments in Australia in 2023, by state or territory." Chart. December 6, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328100/australia-average-waiting-time-for-indigenous-patients-in-emergency-departments-by-state/
AIHW. (2023). Average waiting time for indigenous patients in emergency departments in Australia in 2023, by state or territory. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328100/australia-average-waiting-time-for-indigenous-patients-in-emergency-departments-by-state/
AIHW. "Average Waiting Time for Indigenous Patients in Emergency Departments in Australia in 2023, by State or Territory." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328100/australia-average-waiting-time-for-indigenous-patients-in-emergency-departments-by-state/
AIHW, Average waiting time for indigenous patients in emergency departments in Australia in 2023, by state or territory Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328100/australia-average-waiting-time-for-indigenous-patients-in-emergency-departments-by-state/ (last visited November 24, 2024)
Average waiting time for indigenous patients in emergency departments in Australia in 2023, by state or territory [Graph], AIHW, December 6, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328100/australia-average-waiting-time-for-indigenous-patients-in-emergency-departments-by-state/
