Infrastructure

There are 276 private hospitals and 285 day hospitals in Australia, with 27,466 beds – just under 33% of all hospital beds in Australia.

- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Hospital Statistics 2008-2009.

Education and training

Private hospitals and day hospitals employ just over 52,000 full time equivalent staff.

  – Australian Bureau of Statistics, Private Hospitals Australia 2008-09.

 

Australia’s private hospitals provided over 9 million hours of education and training of surgeons, doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. Of this philanthropic investment in the nation’s future medical workforce, the majority of funding for education and training comes from private hospitals.

  – APHA health workforce training member survey 2010.