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HOSPITAL CHARACTERISTICS

Accreditation

Hospital accreditation has been identified as an indicator of capability within the National Health Performance Framework (for further information refer to Australian Hospital Statistics 2012-13, produced by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)).

As at 30 June 2013, 321 hospitals obtained their accreditation from smaller organisations included in the Other category. The most reported accreditation agency was the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) (used by 296 hospitals) followed by the BSI Group (previously Benchmark Certification) which was reported by 68 hospitals. Private Acute and psychiatric hospitals in New South Wales were less likely to hold ACHS accreditation than Acute and psychiatric hospitals in other states (47.8% in New South Wales, compared to 71.8% in Victoria and 68.5% in Queensland). The state with the lowest proportion of ACHS accredited private Day hospital facilities was Victoria (20.7%).

TABLE 1.8: PRIVATE HOSPITALS, Accreditation/Certification status(a)—at 30 June 2013
	ACHS(b)		BSI Group(c)		Other(d)
	Accredited hospitals	Non-accredited hospitals	Accredited hospitals	Non-accredited hospitals	Accredited hospitals	Non-accredited hospitals	All private hospitals
	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Acute and psychiatric hospitals
New South Wales	44	48	13	79	52	40	92
Victoria	56	22	7	71	28	50	78
Queensland	37	17	7	47	20	34	54
South Australia	np	np	np	np	np	np	28
Western Australia	17	4	np	np	11	10	21
Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory(e)	np	np	-	9	np	np	9
Australia	179	103	30	252	125	157	282
Day hospital facilities
New South Wales	41	59	12	88	59	41	100
Victoria	18	69	14	73	59	28	87
Queensland	23	29	3	49	30	22	52
South Australia	np	np	-	27	np	np	27
Western Australia	13	23	np	np	23	13	36
Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory(e)	np	np	np	np	np	np	17
Australia	117	202	38	281	196	123	319
All private hospitals
New South Wales	85	107	25	167	111	81	192
Victoria	74	91	21	144	87	78	165
Queensland	60	46	10	96	50	56	106
South Australia	32	23	np	np	28	27	55
Western Australia	30	27	8	49	34	23	57
Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory(e)	15	11	np	np	11	15	26
Australia	296	305	68	533	321	280	601
— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated (a) Private hospitals can be accredited with more than one organisation. (b) Accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards. (c) Accredited by the BSI Group Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd. (d) Accreditation or certification with other body. For definition of accredited/certified hospitals, see Glossary. (e) Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory have been aggregated to protect the confidentiality of the small number of hospitals in these states/territories.