"..Access to our hospital services, the quality of the services, as well as funding and management arrangements for them, are under constant public scrutiny. This summary report presents an overview of statistics on our hospitals that can serve as a background to public discussion and debate..."

Reference: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011 Australia's hospitals 2009-10: at a glance.Health services series no.39. Cat. no. HSE 106. Canberra: AIHW.

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