Australian hospitals at a glance

Here are 10 key stats that reveal what our hospital system looks like and who uses its services The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released its latest statistics on Australia’s hospitals. In 2015-16: 1. There were 10.6 million hospitalisations. 2. Of these, 6.3 million were public hospitalisations while 4.3 million were private