2022-23 Australian public hospitals face record-high 49-day median wait time for elective surgery, AMA urges AUD 4.12B funding boost.
Australia's public hospitals face record high wait times for elective surgery, with the median waiting time reaching 49 days in the 2022-23 financial year, according to the Australian Medical Association's (AMA) annual Public Hospital Report Card. This marks an 81% increase over the past 20 years and a 9-day increase since the previous year. The AMA has urged federal, state, and territory governments to boost public hospital funding by AUD 4.12 billion (USD 2.6 billion).
April 18, 2024
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