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About BHI
About BHI
We report independently on the performance of the NSW healthcare system to inform improvements to care for patients, and enhance transparency and accountability
BLOG
Understanding which survey measures have the strongest influence on overall patient experiences
9 September 2026
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Reports
Reports
Our reports show where the healthcare system is performing well and where there are opportunities to improve care for patients
Latest report
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Patient surveys
Patient surveys
Find out what thousands of people have told us about their healthcare experiences in NSW. The results show where public health services are performing well and where they need to improve
Latest survey results
The Insights Series – Emergency department use and experiences for children and young people
Released: 9 September 2026
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Media
Media
See our latest media releases or get in touch with the team regarding our healthcare performance reports and data
Latest MEDIA RELEASE
New BHI reports provide insights into children's emergency care and NSW public hospital performance
Released: 9 September 2026
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Exploring clinical variation in mortality – Mortality following hospitalisation, seven clinical conditions, NSW
July 2012 to June 2015
This report presents risk-standardised mortality rates for seven clinical conditions in NSW, and across 75 public hospitals.
Measures that assess how healthcare affects patient outcomes such as mortality and readmission make a crucial contribution to performance evaluation. When appropriately risk adjusted, they can point to unwarranted clinical variation.
Released: 12 April 2017
Report products
Main report
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Overview of risk-standardised measures of mortality and unplanned readmission for patients who were hospitalised during the period July 2012 – June 2015.
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Media release
Two new reports shed light on hospital mortality and readmissions in NSW
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Exploring clinical variation in readmission - Return to acute care following discharge from hospital, eight clinical conditions, NSW, July 2012 – June 2015
This report presents risk-standardised readmission rates for eight clinical conditions in NSW, and across 79 public hospitals.
Released: 12 April 2017
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Mortality following hospitalisation for seven clinical conditions, July 2021 – June 2024
This report presents mortality results for seven clinical conditions following admission to 69 NSW public hospitals from July 2021 to June 2024.
Released: 22 October 2025
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Mortality following hospitalisation for seven clinical conditions, July 2018 – June 2021
This report presents mortality results for seven clinical conditions following admission to 72 NSW public hospitals from July 2018 to June 2021.
Released: 22 October 2025
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Mortality following hospitalisation for seven clinical conditions, July 2015 – June 2018
This report presents mortality rates for seven clinical conditions in NSW in the 30 days following admission to hospital.
Released: 27 November 2019
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30-day mortality following hospitalisation, five clinical conditions, NSW, July 2009 – June 2012
This report describes the development and evaluation of statistical methods in preparation for public reporting of 30-day mortality in NSW.
Released: 05 December 2013
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