Heart hospitalisations
December 23, 2011
THE number of acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) and unstable
angina (UA) hospitalisations
increased between 1993–94 and
2007–08 (79.5% and 33.1%,
respectively), according to a new
AIHW report.
The report, based on the trends
and patterns in hospital data,
found that in 2007–08 there were
almost 56,000 hospitalisations for
AMI and 39,000 hospitalisations
for UA .
The report also found that the
rate of transfer associated with
acute coronary syndrome
hospitalisations has increased over
the past decade, whilst the length
of stay for acute coronary syndrome
hospitalisations has declined.
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