NSW Health collects data relating to visits to public emergency departments. This data can be used to report on activity, such as:

• patient waiting times
• urgency of care and complexity of presentations
• patients who go on to be admitted to hospital or who are discharged
• changes in patterns of demand for emergency department services.

The data can be transformed for a variety of uses, including health service planning and population health research.

Open data

• HealthStats NSW
• Healthcare Data Portal - ​Bureau of Health Information
• Healthcare Observer - Bureau of Health Information
• Trauma Reports and Data - NSW Institute of Trauma Injury Management​

Key reports 

• Healthcare Quarterly - Bureau of Health Information
• Emergency Department Patient Survey - Bureau of Health Information
• Rural Hospital Emergency Care Patient Survey - Bureau of Health Information​
• Performance reports - Bureau of Health Information
• NSW Patient Survey Program - Bureau of Health Information​

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