The rate per 1,000 separations of unplanned and unexpected hospital readmissions to the same public hospitals within 28 days for selected surgical procedures.

Number of separations for public hospitals which are a readmission (within 28 days of previous date of separation) to the same hospital following a selected surgical procedure (knee replacement, hip replacement, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, hysterectomy, prostatectomy, cataract surgery, or appendicectomy).

Number of separations in which one of the following surgical procedures was undertaken: knee replacement, hip replacement, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, hysterectomy, prostatectomy, cataract surgery, appendicectomy.

Denominator limited to separations with a separation date between 1 July and 19 May in the reference year and excludes separations where the patient died in hospital.

Directly age-standardised

By surgical procedure, state/territory, Indigenous status, remoteness area, Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD).

National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD)

Online at: www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/ahpf/australias-health-performance-framework?areaCode=national&topicCode=continuity&indicatorCode=241

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