Australia: median waiting time for non-indigenous patients in emergency departments by state 2021

In Australia in 2021, the average waiting time for non-indigenous emergency patients when presenting at a hospital emergency room was six minutes in New South Wales and nine minutes in Tasmania.

Average waiting time for non-indigenous patients in emergency departments in Australia in 2021, by state or territory (in minutes)

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

year ended June 2021

Supplementary notes

Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the stated year; for example, financial year 2021 starts on July 1, 2020 and ends on June 30, 2021.

Records were excluded from the calculation of waiting time if the patient did not wait to be attended to by a health care professional, was dead on arrival, was registered, advised of another health care service, and left the emergency department without being attended to by a health care professional, or if the waiting time could not be calculated, or the triage category was unknown.

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