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The (AIHW) has published hospital admission data, revealing that hospital admissions rose by an average 3.3% per year between 2014鈥�15 and 2018鈥�19, double the population growth over the same period.

The update reported 11.5 million hospitalisations in Australia for the period 2018鈥�19 鈥� an increase from 10.1 million in 2014鈥�15.

鈥満诹铣怨先和� care has shifted away from overnight stays over recent years, with the average length of stay declining and a shift toward more same-day hospitalisations,鈥� AIHW spokesperson Dr Adrian Webster said.

鈥淪ame-day hospitalisations (where the patient does not stay overnight) have risen faster than overnight hospitalisations, largely due to increases in same-day stays for sub-acute and non-acute care.鈥�

Sub-acute and non-acute care includes rehabilitation, certain types of geriatric and maintenance care and palliative care.

In a population of 1000, same-day hospitalisations rose an average of 2.7% per year in public hospitals and 1.0% in private hospitals. In contrast, overnight hospitalisations rose, on average, 0.5% per year in public hospitals and fell 1.1% per year in private hospitals. The average length of stay in hospital decreased by an average of 0.8% per year from 5.5 days to 5.4 days.

Six in ten admissions were to public hospitals in 2018鈥�19 and publicly funded hospital admissions grew faster than admissions funded by private sources (3.7% average growth per year compared with 2.6%).

Between 2014鈥�15 and 2018鈥�19, emergency admissions increased at a higher rate than elective admissions in both public and private hospitals (3.9% average annual growth for public and 4.8% for private compared to 2.7% growth in public elective admissions and 2.0% growth in private elective admissions). In particular, the growth in emergency admissions involving surgery for complications related to type 2 diabetes increased by 14% in the last 12 months.

The data shows that vaccine-preventable hospitalisations were 22% lower in 2018鈥�19 than in 2017鈥�18, following a spike in admissions due to influenza in 2017鈥�18. However, overall admissions for potentially preventable hospitalisations increased during this period, driven by an increase in hospitalisations for complications related to diabetes.

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