Hospital data

NSW Health collects data relating to hospital stays. This includes patient services provided by NSW public hospitals, public psychiatric hospitals, multi-purpose services, private hospitals and private day procedures.

This data can be used to report on a range of questions, such as:

• number of hospital admissions
• urgency of care
• average length of stay by disease condition
• trends in admitted patient activity
• performance trends of the public hospital system.

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 and Injury Management

Key reports

• Healthcare Quarterly - Bureau of Health Information
• Adult Admitted Patient Survey - Bureau of Health Information
• Rural Hospital Adult Admitted Patient Survey - Bureau of Health Information
• Healthcare in rural, regional and remote NSW - Bureau of Health Information
• Your Experience of Service (YES)