What are the differences between hospitals?
:23/06/2022
OSHCglobal - In Australia, there are two main categories of hospital services that you can access: public and private, with several subsets that sit under each category.
Public Hospitals
| Hospital Type | What’s the difference? |
|---|---|
| Public Acute Hospitals | They focus on providing care for ‘acute’ health situations, over shorter periods, such as in an emergency, or surgery. They may also provide care over a longer term, for example, some types of rehabilitation. |
| Public Psychiatric Hospitals | They focus on caring for mental health conditions, sometimes for longer periods. |
Private Hospitals
| Hospital Type | What’s the difference? |
|---|---|
| Private ‘day’ facilities | They provide treatment that can be undertaken in a single day which will not require an overnight stay. |
| Overnight private hospitals | These hospitals provide treatment which may include elective surgery, psychiatric and/or rehabilitation treatment. Some private hospitals will have emergency departments. |
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