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Victoria’s public hospitals are major providers of acute and
sub-acute health care. Acute care involves diagnosis and intensive
treatment over a short timeframe to reduce the symptoms or severity
of illness or to provide a cure. Demand for acute care has
increased steadily over the past decade and Victoria has the second
highest public hospital admission rate in Australia.
The report examined how well five hospitals managed the flow of
patients through the hospital system, including patient admission,
the patient stay and patient discharge. It also examined whether
the Department of Human Services (DHS) and hospitals planned for
acute inpatients.
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