Article: Growth in private hospital admissions outstrips public again.

M2 PRESSWIRE-29 May 2008-ACCC: Growth in private hospital admissions outstrips public again(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Admissions to private hospitals grew by an estimated 5.1% in 2006-07 while public hospital admissions grew by 3.3%, according to the annual Australian hospital statistics report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

George Bodilsen of the Institute's Hospitals Unit said that while public hospitals continued to take most admissions (61%), the rise in private hospital admissions continued a long-term trend of higher growth in private hospitals.

'This trend was also ...

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