Surgery wait times vary: report

AVERAGE elective surgery waiting times remain stable at public hospitals throughout Australia but a national comparison shows patients in some states and territories are waiting longer than others.

Data published in a Productivity Commission report on the state of Australia's health services shows that in 2012-13 2.7 per cent of Australian patients on elective surgery waiting lists had an "extended wait" of more than a year for their procedure.

The national figure is the same as for 2011-12 but a breakdown of states and territories reveals differences.

The report shows that in Tasmania 11.5 per cent of patients waited more than 12 months.

The result was up from 9.4 per cent in 2011-12.

In South Australia one per cent of patients breached the one-year wait.

"By the end of 2012-13, there were no patients overdue for elective surgery in the South Australian public health system," the SA government said in a statement to the commission.

Data was collected from 246 hospitals across Australia for the results.

"Elective surgery patients who wait longer are likely to suffer discomfort and inconvenience," the report notes.

Another section of the report looked at the number of days women spent in hospital when giving birth, finding on average that private hospital patients spent twice as long as their public hospital counterparts.

For single, uncomplicated births, new mothers in Australia spent an average 2.1 days in hospital.

In private hospitals the average stay was 3.6 days, compared with 1.8 days in the public system.

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