Data
Number of admissions from the elective surgery wait list by urgency
| Category |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
Jun 2023 |
Jul 2023 |
Aug 2023 |
Sep 2023 |
Oct 2023 |
Nov 2023 |
Dec 2023 |
Jan 2024 |
Feb 2024 |
Mar 2024 |
| 1 |
2,290 |
1,779 |
2,319 |
2,189 |
2,072 |
2,400 |
2,099 |
2,264 |
2,305 |
2,023 |
1,826 |
2,205 |
1,720 |
| 2 |
2,413 |
1,843 |
2,519 |
2,409 |
2,428 |
2,643 |
2,219 |
2,596 |
2,518 |
1,857 |
1,979 |
2,591 |
1,779 |
| 3 |
2,822 |
2,223 |
2,762 |
2,567 |
2,558 |
2,867 |
2,564 |
2,866 |
2,810 |
2,024 |
1,881 |
2,584 |
2,380 |
Cases
For the purposes of this report, patients are referred to as cases. This is because a patient may be on an elective surgery waiting list for more than one pocedure. For example, if a patient is on a waiting list twice, for two different procedures, this will be counted as two cases.
Category 1
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 30 days.
Category 2
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 90 days.
Category 3
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 365 days.
Admissions to hospital from the elective surgery wait list
All elective surgery admissions are reported. Admitted coded cases are excluded where the wait listed procedure does not meet the AIHW definition of elective surgery. Admitted uncoded cases (i.e. where procedure name is not provided) are included if the wait list type is 'Surgical' and the wait list category is 'Elective'.
Source
WA Elective Surgery Wait List Data Collection, Information and System Performance Directorate, Department of Health WA.
Data extracted 2 Apr 2024